BILL PENDING rr
IN LOWER HOUSE
5 CENTS
VIGOROUS OFFENSIVE FOR VICTORY
IN PRESENT CONGRESS IS URGED I=v=OL.=26==========s=ATURD==AY=, MAB=CH=13=1, =!M3==============NUMBEB==17
w~ ~ U_~I::'~~::-::N~ effort to force anti-poll tax Jeds- tiobaI Calbolie Welfare Council' _lion Ihroucb ~ bas been A.. F. Wbilnt'y, president of ~
Iaunc:bfll by the National Cammit- Brotberhood of Railroad TralnmPn"
t.ee to Abolish ~ Poll Tax. N .... Iy, W..Iter Wbi~, of the National Ju~
a dozen such bills ~ "'"" pend- 1IOciaiion for the A~t of
m& but the only pr<>Gpect of c..Jorood Peoople, and JenninJIs
briDc>ng ony to a .... OD the Randolph, Tennessee DeWspaper
HOUl!<-. n will be ~ugh peti- editor. who is chairman of th Na­ttOll
SJgIled by ~ m;QCJnty of the tional Committee to Abolish the
membership to force ~. of Poll Tax. In~d to spen4 the ......
=:;:.""t 01 the JUdic-I::m~!:e!:rsinof:-:::= ET H ER LY PI SSE S Tbe new dri,-e is designed to get a~ and the House u> urge support
the necessary number of .;gnatur- I of the legisI&tion.
a OIl such a petition as soon as In. statement annOUDCing the
possible, ao the issue may not be conferenee, the National Commit- •
IdIJed by • s..nau, 6libuster, such ~ to Abolish the Poll Tax said:: i -============================"';====::::;=::::;::::;~;;;;~~ as GCCUIT than nine special rallies. the largest
$3,500,000 in war bonds since being " Vi ar Bond Dinner given
September 1, 1942, at special bond at th" Parkw3y Ballroom on J211-
rallies. the Treasury Department uary 22, at which a t.otal of $453,406
rtported this week. This does not worth of bonds and stamp> wu-e
include the regular bond purch- sold. A hij:Iilight oI this rally was
ases through monthly payroll the purcha:.'e by R. A.. '"Ie of
plans. $100.000 in war bonds.
A Negrc. Committee of !be n- The pro:notion work in ccnrec­Iinois
War Savmgs Staff ('egan_ lion with the war bond rallies is
ired early b.st WI, has been ron- handled largely by Major C.
dueling an ~ve campa.ign, \,fdell Turpin, who ...as appoi:lted
and 2,200 people are working vol- a Deputy Ad!cinistrator of the n­untarily
with'the com::n.ittee t.o belp Unois War s,,'ing S' ;ili ry De­promOte
u... sale oI war bonds I ,'C1:ni>cr ~ti, 1!>U. l-U!, ~~ vitfcS:b:.\'e
1hrough church, fraternal and (ContiDueG on page 4)
RACE BDS AND STREET CAR OPIRATDRS
EMPLOYED IN SEVERAL CITIES
~§§~~~~ MURDER RECORD MORE JOBS FOR
DIES FOLLOWING
A BRIEF ILLNESS
WAS OUTSTANDI~G LEADER IN THE
CIVIC AND BUSINESS LIFE OF RACE
nlC Louisville colored com- aJ J..st Saturday ... -ben she 0IiI0d
munity was grmtly shocl the w­erly
wbo had perhaps be<'n the ganizations end mov-ar willa
J'nClP't ' l ..:! ~ :nt.!:tto-.c::-:~~.L~ ~~ _ L 'y.­and
husiness tiCe of Negroes in 5erVIce to tlte LoWsYiI1e __
Loui!.ville over the period of a NAAC.P., whlch she ~ as
quarter of a eentury, looked to be secretary for many years aaoI 10
in perfed health wben last seen ~hich she \IIISI:inWdIy gave .e
by several of ber friends a few Il106t of her time and energy. Not­days
befan> she be=e ill Thurs- withstanding the eootributioll5
day of last week. It is stated that which other veteran members oI
neither Mrs. Etherly or the mem- the exttutive commlttee have made
bers of her family thouCht that to tho. N.A.A.C.P ~ Mrs. EIh~ly's
she was 110 soriously ill when she servico. and loyalty topped them
was rushed to the General Hospii- (Continued on page 4)
~~~-i§ ~;~E STARTS NEW HIGH N. Y. A. TRAINEES EDITOR OF NEW
;£: Er:;~~ :~;~ ~::~:~: Alter a lull 0"... a period of Am. Hm:os sbot lJer hlmband Philadelphia, Pa., Marm l2-A A summary reveals ~t, of the YORK AGE DIES a nUDlber of YOlU'S, has been fol- gro _ car motormen -and COD- three or four wee-~ the murder I a~ ~ had threalfiled to kill report to the ~ ~- ~ of .NY A .y~ths hir~ follow­lowed
recently by a privately- duet.ors. -n.e manager of the De- ecord of Lowsville Negroes b.,.- ciurmg an argumenL Th~ tee on war . ~Uetion ~ lng special training, certain oI them
owned New York canpany which, troit t:r2Jtsit line said recently that started Its mart:n tor a new bigh an> only -a few ot the cases m program aoIivities of the NatiolW have been engaged In the fellow-_
in eorrd er to ease ... acute """,. twenty per cent <>f he Jluillic v .... about two weeks ago and one whlch Negroes have murdered Youth Administratioa from July ing industries: Sun Shipbuilding New York, March ll-(C. N. 1879, died in 1939. He leaves ~rtage. 'hM employed a 'Continued on l'3&e -t) case after ano.hl!!' has reached Negroes ibIring the past two 1942 to February JJK1, complete- oompan,y, l.179; Bethleh,;"" Steel SJ---:Fred R Moore, editor and two sons, Eugene and G~
tile courts during -reeenl days. we6s. Iy -:ers • wide range . d. a~- compBI\J, 24.5; ~ Air depot, publIsher .of the New York Age Moore. and three da~
ASK PRESt ENT TO RENEW NO o A Among them are the slaying aml!,lislunents ~~ ~ ... 239; Glen-~ com~y,~; a~ political Harlem leader, Mrs. Ida Dudley, Mrs. Marion of Miss Julia Mae ILong of 532 ~on m. ~ of ~l- Dravo corporation, .~; Pipers Air- dIed. Mon~y night of pneu- Day and Mrs. Gladys Wa»oD,
Eosl JeUerson Slreet by Rich- KIP'S WIDOW GIlS varna, New Jer51?re, bo~ in Virginia, KilLS "PEEPER" T fual of Herioert ~ridl, FPHA. A highlight 0I1be 1Iousiq C8Il- liemy 'HarnlUon; former ~hce- __ gram aetivilies, satoty program educated m .WashingW~ D. c~ A
to ruciDd the baD ..gainS Negroes Cerone.. was !!tr atat"-'t 01. _ man, among:the Ilrst ~ppomted AIbmIy, N. Y,. lIarch l:1-JiIrs. activities, the student work pro- MAKER SCCUMB sold papers m the caPltaI. He
at Willow LooIge Bousin& project of the delegates, an el6.rly Nqw and who lived at 1527 Hale Ave. Alice J Rhimelander, wiiIow oI gram. status of the NYA fund, and S served .as messenger to five FISK UNIVERSITY
brought fr_ 211 l ... ding citizens (CoDlinued 011 ~ 4) by Charles Troutman, 1605 the b1e Leooanl Kip Rhinelander, communlty ooe>pn"atioll wUh the __ ~tartes of the Tre8.S\Uy
bere this week. te\eclam ... Pres- Gallagher S!reet, last Sunday white, ... • ~ vic1oport that, pr~e n:1< ~~ and Cleveland adJninistrations. Nashville, Ten~., March 11-
view; and cornet Emmerich', de- FIRST LADY OF ported as being th resUlt or a Court of Appeals -..rded her the in the past "igbt months in Region her reside=eer ~ Ma .w:., In 1905, he became Editor of ~ aU~ged "peePI~ tom," who
cisioa. card gatne arguM nt. Hamilton right to collect $3,J11O -a year for m, war industry training in NYA St., alter a ,~ng illIwm..
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For the .Colored ~agazine tor prIed ~nlo ~ pnvacy. of the
Tbe ~Iecram ..... sent after a CHINA GREETED is said 10 have attend d the l tiCe from the estate of the la1e shops bas been provided:r7 in- more than fifty Mrs Ame:lcans. Also m 1905, he was wo~ens doJDttory at Fisk .unl-conference
with Emmerich at Antioch Baptist Cburch last Phillip Rhinelander. father of the di,iduals' 69.5 pel' e..nt of those Schaet r "edyea;;;. ill' appom~ a deputy coUector of Ver5Jty, was shQt and killed
whim GIo&ter Current, Detroit __ Sunday morning, and .had r:ip. tramed ~i"e later n>plaeement; f 'lies .:;:pp J 'ed ~ e in1ernal revenue in the Seoond e:",ly Saturday morniDg by a
branch exeeutive ~ry, Leo- New York, March ll- Mme. promised to return as a regular I This decisioa ",,-ersM the rul- aad the inc:reaoed employment, asl c::::: incl~ ~=n;jellies :~ DtSlrict of New York .. In 1907, night watdlman who surprised
lie PeTTY, NAA<:p Wa.shington ~u- Chl:utg KaJ-shek, wife of the attendant. A woman ent~ed ing of an AppeI\ale Divisioa 01. the • result of better preparedness, pIckles And she made shi fr •. ~oore became Editor and
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hun ~ lhe act ot. peepmg In
reau . and Louis. Martin of ~e Chln'sc generalissimo, was as- the pIcture as a klll('r wI> n I New York courts whi.ch reQ!nUy represents a 13.2 per cent gain menls to sections of Ute count!; Pubhsher of the New York Age. the wmdow ~f a gIrl student.
Mic:hlgan Chronicle were ehiel s ur<>d here March 4 of the deep Mrs. Mattie Bell HarTIS. 623 S . upheld an beir's contenti.L I the mother of th I LIberia by President Tan in I ~me of the man as 5em Haw·
The conCen>nce lasted two hours the bra" e slruggl of Ute Will HarTis in February. Th ber drum was illepl and mvahd S. Wilson, wit ~ t~te ~rs'. Ai 1912, but resigned without hav- I ktr.6, 42 of 1521 Sixt ntb ave_
and Emm~rk:b . wbo had stated Chmcsc pcopl and m more aid verdIct as r ndered by Ib" l btcause It was based on a vada HOME BURNS of Central Hi;h
0 Scboojr~p~. ing gone to Liberia. In 1927 be I nue. Len Da~ . the ,.,,' -
that housing U1 . delense bemg supplJed to th m by the caron r's Jury m thIS case was divorce. The bome of lIIfr. and 1nI. survived by her so ~uis ' ten was elected to the Board of , man, told authont h fired
~OuJdt::U~Wtt=u::.edtiC~~ United Slates. ~at she was ~ustifled. A~rd- The famous Rhinelander cue Pres n W.se and Mr. and .. grandchildren; I::-u r ~eat ~d rmen and was re-ele<:ted ,'at the man .when ~he later ran
~ N..gro pplicants. Th' in The assurance was gIven by Ing 0 Ute evidence presented I made front pages of the nation' Earl Barr of 2728 West ladison grandchildren, a sJster Mrs to 192 . He was a fonner mem- away and tgnOred a romOland
spite of the fa~ that these :"'e Walter While, NAACP secre. press in 1934 when the youthful S~ree , was burned last Friday Sophia Tate and oth r relatives' bel' of the board of the Dunbar / Of bait.
N..gro applicants worked sid" by lary In a bnef chat w,Ut the I thanked the AACP o[ficials l Kip, seion of • wealthy tamUy, nt~t, ";I'd a large Joss was sus. Funeral servic were held at National Bank, and. lor several Rev. A. W. Jack 'ding
side daily with white workers In famous " lSitor m h r SUJle at for th" e"pre~on of interest in sued for an annulment from his la 1 ed m dothmg and other h Congregationa Church, I ~ears served as national organ· elder of th A.. M ~ ~~ .
the .-rby war productioo centers. the Waldorf Astona a few her country on the part of bride of five months, contending va uables. Rev. T. S. Ledbe t r officiating. IZCT. for the National gro a Ie 10 be out at,.; beirt ill
Mixed oc:c:upancy has been unanI- nunutes before the brilliant '. !rntennent in the LoUISVille Busmess League, as well as a I for scv ral . g I
mously approved by whites in this receplJon arranged by th Ch!- AmerICan Negroes. Mr. WhIle that she hid from him the fada The Colol"t'd Population OJ- Cem tery I member of the board of the C weeks.
area. The next move in the bous- nese consulate on anoth r floor I was one of sev ral prominent that ohe the daughter f vision of the American Red ' ational Urban League. .
me fight is now up to John Bland- I of the hotel. Mme. ChIang Kai'l colore.1 persons inVIted to 1h coachman and a cook and that she Cross CampatgD needs your Su~rI: the Red Cross Cam iT. M,oore'" wife. Ute fonner are~ ~th mtlbkclr -= ford, cbIef of the National Housing shek. In her gracIous manner, n,ceptlon. wa: part 1 help. pa!gn; It IS your duty. Lawrence, whom he married In subscriptions to 'lbe t..der.
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