Another instance of. the flag- rant mistreatment of Negro^pas*- sengers using buses was dis- ■ iosed this week in a letter to the BEE from one of its subscribers.

The victim, Mrs. Viola Barren, 215 W, Cak street, stated she was

mistreated and suffered bodi’y discomfort enroute to Chicago trom Memphis, Tenn., this month. She was accompanied by her young niece on the return trip.

They were forced to occupy a seat over the rear wheels, and suffered a very unpleasant trip because of a faulty roof which leaked on them, she said, despite the fact that there were other va- cant seats in the bus.

Denied Reserved Seats :v; s. Barren was denied a seat

she had called the Memphis bus station and reserved when she vent to purchase her ticket. “On June 10 I called and made reser- vations for Chicago. Seat No. : ■

■ was assigned to me. but when I went to the station to purchase my ticket I was told I could not occupy Seat No. 30,

"When I insisted that I had a right to that seat I was abused and pushed around by one of the managers and the driver, who shoved me on the bus. My little five-year-old niece and I were forced to make the trip to Chi- cago on a seat over the rear

wheels, and to add to our dis- comfort the roof leaked on us. My requests for another seat were denied by the driver, who said the empty seats were ‘for white people only.’”

Mrs. Barren said she reported the matter to the Claim Depart- ment m Chicago and a Greyhound Bus company adjuster sent out to see her on June 18, five days later, informed her that he felt she had no claim against the com- pany for what happened to her enroute from Memphis to Chi- cago.

a25 Army Posts To Construct New Fiaidhouies

Construction of field houses at 25 army posts o provide facilities for such indoor sports as basket- ball, boxing and wrestling, was authorized today by the War Denartment.

Each ot 4jfe tieldt housese, it is estimated will cost about $77,- 000 of which $7,000 will be al- lotted for the necessary portable seats and basketball backstops. 'Total cost of the construction prelect will be $1,925,000.

Under plans drawn in the Of- fice of the Quartermaster General the field houses will provide ap-

^ proximately 2,750 seats for bas- ketball and approximately 3,759 seats for boxing and wrestling.

The 25 posts at which the first field houses will be built were selected after the Morale Branch had taken into consideration ex-

isting facilit es, personnel strength weather conditions, type of camp and degree of isolation.

Field houses have been recom- mended for 17 other posts, but authorization has not yet been given, 'The Army stations where field houses will be constructed follow:

First Corps Area—Camp Ed- wards, Massachusetts.

Seeor.J Corps Area—Pine Camp New York; Port Dix, New Jer- sey.

Third Corps Area—Indiantown Gap, Pennsylvania; Fort George G. Meade, Maryland.

Fourth Corps Area—Fort Bragg, North Carolina; Fort McClellan’, Alabama; Fort Jackson, South Carolina; Camp Forrest, Tennes- see; Camp Livingston, Louisiana. Camp Claiborne, Louisiana; Fort Benning, Georgia; Camp Davis, North Carolina; Camp Shelby, Mississippi; Camp Stewart, Geor- gia- Camp Blanding, Florida.

Fifth Corps Area—Fort Knox, Kentucky.

Sixth Corps Area—Fort Custer, /behigan; Chanute Field, Illinois.

Seventh Corps Area—Fort Leo- nar.1i Wood, Missouri; Camp Rob- inson, Arkansas.

Eighth Corps Area — Camp Barkley, Texas; Camp Bowie, Texas, Fort Sam Houston, Tex- as.

Ninth Corps Area—Camp San Luis Obispo, California.

When the Army expansion pro- gra n began last fall there were only a few posts in the country that were equipped with perma- nent gymnasiums.

The plan to build field houses uniform in design—was formu-

lated by the Morale Branch as part of its recreational program to provide every large Army- station w*th facilities for sports during winter months or inclem- ent weather.

Sues — Carl Murphy, president ami editor of the Afro-American newspapers, Officer Horace A' Heinze of Baltimore, Md., for $25 000 damages resulting when the officer arrested Murphy al- legedly for disorderly conduct.

Negroes Earned Participation

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Right Sn Defense WASHINGTON, D. C. — More

than $11,000,000 has been earned by Negro building trades workers in the construction of- low-rent housing projects developed under the United States Housing Au- thority program and more than 18,000 of the families now living in these projects are Negro fam- ilies, Dr. Frank S. Horne, Acting Special Assistant, reported this week to United States Housing Authority Administrator Nathan Straus.

Dr. Horne’s report summarized Negro participation in a'l phases of the United States Housing Au- thority program. Of the 165,605 dwelling units under loan con- tract as of March 31. current esti- mates indicate that Negro fami- lies will occupy 50 642 or 30 per cent of the total. The 18,160 Ne- gro families who on April 30 were

occupying dwelling units in 85 USHA-aided projects represented one third of all fami ies then liv- ing in projects developed with the financial assistance of the Unit- ed States Housing Authority.

Developed by United States Housing Authority, the Orcutt Homes project was recently open- ed to house families of 148 Ne- gro workers engaged in defense industries in Newport News, Vir- ginia. Under the Lanham Act, the United States Housing Au- thority is developing an additional 1 325 homes for Negro defense workers in Baltimore, Detroit, Philadelphia, Norfolk, Wi’ming- ton North Carolina and Lacka- wanna, New York.

Meanwhile, the United States Housing Authority is cooperating with County Housing Authorities to improve housing conditions of Negro farm families in the rural areas of South Carolina, Georgia, Mississippi, Louisiana and Arkan- sas. At a recent conference in ihomasville, Georgia, Negro lead-

ers of rural life met with local and national housing officials to devise ways and means of reach- ing a greater number of Negro farm families.

Under impact of the national defense program, Dr. Horne re- ported, employment of Negroes has steadily increased until the average month’y wages for Negro abor amounted to $383,000, rep-

resenting an increase of 18 per cent above the average mont.-.ly wages prior to August 31, 1940. Not only was there an upward tiend in the amount of wages paid, but also in the number of skilled workers as well as in the number of crafts in which they were employed.

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FI WASHINGTON, D. C„ June 26

—The War Department announced this week the award of an $80,000 contract to Tuskegee Institute, Tuskegee, Ala., for the prelimi- nary training of aviation cadets enrolled by the Army for the 99th Pursuit Squadron, the first col- ored tactical unit in the Air Corps.

The contract is for a year, dur- ing which the institute will give preliminary instruction to approxi- mately 100 cadets. They will be enrolled at the rate of 10 cadets to a class. A new class will be formed every five weeks.

Each class'will receive 15 weeks of instruction. The first five weeks will be devoted to pre-flight training. The next 10 weeks are for elementary flying instruction.

Upon completing the 15 weeks’ course covered by the Tuskegee contract, an aviation cadet will begin his final 20 weeks of instruc- tion at an Army basic and ad- vanced flying school to be built near Tuskegee,

Standard Course Offered This procedure is in accord

with the general training program of the Army Air Corps under which all preliminary training of aviation cadets has been decen- tralized and distributed among private schools operating under army contracts and subject to ar- my regulation and supervision.

The course offered under the Tuskegee contract will be the standard primary course prescrib- ed by the army air corps.

Under the Tuskegee contract, the first class of 10 cadets will start training July 19, and actual fly- ing instruction will begin August 2

Formation of the 99th Pursuit Squadron was announced by the 'War Department March 21, 1941. Present plans call for the train- ing and commissioning of 52 pi- lots per year to man the squad- ron, and transfer or commissioning ol 6 to 14 non-flying officers. In addition, 276 enlisted men of the 99th Pursuit Squadron are now

undergoing training at Chanute Field, Rantcul, 111., for duty as mechanics and other technical specialists.

Awarded — Mrs. Lutie T. Reid, supervisor of Nurses, Central Louisville, Ky., Health Center, a

fellowship for study at the Uni- versity of Michigan.

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RECEIVES ROTC AWARD

Cadet Captain James V, Hackney, of the Howard university ROTC unit, is shcwr* receiving the Major General Hanson Ely cup from Piesident Mordecai W. Johnson, on behalf of Company B, the best drilled company to participate in the annual Military Day exercises

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held last week at the university. Capt. Hackney received a gold medal and the members of Company B were awarded service rib- <

bons.

| WHATS THE NEWS.. ] Vindicated :— Dr. Richard S.

Crossley, who was re-elected pres- ident of the State College for Colored Students in Dover, Del., after malfeasance of duty charges failed.

Died — Mrs. Odalie Morse Jackson, 77, of Dallas, Tex., noted educator and civic woman.

Married — Nellie Dodson, New York newspaper woman, former Spokesman and Recorder staff member in Minneapolis, Minn., to William Russell, West Virginia Union graduate.

Drowned — Edward Vasso, a resident of Chicago, while on a

vacation in St. Paul, Minn.

Repudiated — The discrimina- tory practices of the board of ed- ucation of Topeka, Kan., in de-

nying Negro children the benefits ot junior high school training, by tiie Kansas state supererne court.

Killed — Floyd Mason, 16, of Kansas City, Mo., when the ice truck driven by his twin brother, Lloyd, ran over him.

To Marry — Florence V. Bond, teacher in Bennett college in N. C., and Rev. Robert Pierre John- son, pastor of Bethesda Presby- terian church in Pittsburgh, Pa.

Deported — Valaida Snow, ver-

satile actress, commedienne and musician, from Copenhagen after a Danish woman friend was re-

ported to have been found dead in her room.

Died —Bishop E. J, Howard of the A. M. E. church, 12th district, m Waco, Tex.

separate company of the Maryland National Guard, as commander of the colored unit of Maryland State Home Guard.

Married — Miss Thais Sarita Meaux, graduate of Stowe Teacher college in St. Louis, Mo., and teacher in Dumas school, to Jas- per Earl Williams, graduate of the University of Iowa and pos- tal employee.

Stricken — Mrs. Mattie G. Pe- ters of New York, mother of the popular Peters sisters, who under- went a major operation recent- ly-

Employed — Twenty-five men and women at the Ohio Bel] Telephone company in Cleveland Ohio, after a job fight waged by the militazu Future Outlook League.

Married — Miss Ruth Augusta Perry, graduate of Knoxville col- lege and student at Boston uni- versity and the Atlanta School oi Social woz’k; to William Curtis, graduate of the University of Illi- nois in Electrical Engineering, and assistant to the head of the Mechanical Industries depai’tment at Tuskegee Institute.

Graduated — Miss Yvonne Au- relia Jackson, fi'om West Virginia State college with highest bon- ers “summa cum laude.”

Married — Miss Florence Louise Anderson of Philadelphia, Pa., gi’aduate of West Chester State Teacher’s college in Music, and David Closson, graduate of West Chester State Teacher’s college in Music,

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MANTEO, N. C., June 19—-A

Patriotic Negro Pilgrimage to Old

Fort Raleigh, birthplace of the na-

tion, and site of the fifth annual

presentation of Paul Green’s his-

torical drama, “The Lost Colony”, which opens July 3, will be held

ell day Tuesday, July 8, accord- ing to Dr. H. L. Trigg, president of the Elizabeth City Teachers’ college, who is general chairman of the program.

The principal address of the oc-

casion, which marks the fourth annual Negro Day in connection with “The Lest Colony”, drama of the first American pioneers, will be delivered by Dr. J. E. Shep- ard, president of the North Caro- lina College for Negroes, of Dur- ham. The musical program again v/ill be directed by Mrs. Nell Hun- ter, noted Durham soprano, who, will also sing a group of spirit- uals.

Among those invited to attend the Pilgrimage are Congressman Arthur W. Mitchell, Lieut. Law- rence A. Oxley, Dr. Ambrose Caliver, Mr. C. C. Spaulding, Dr. M. F. Whittaker, Dr. J. R. E. Lee, Dr. D. O. W. Holmes, Dr. Mordecai Johnson, Dr. John W.

Davis, Dr. F. D. Bluford, Dr. W. J. Trent, Dr. J. W. Seabrook, Dr. F. L. Atkins, Jr., Dr. R. P. Dan-

iels, Dr. Edgar H. Gould and many others.

Special invitations have been issued to prominent Negroes in the

arts, including Miss Marian An- derson and Miss Dorothy May- nor, internationally famous sing- ers, and Richard Wright, co-au-

thor with Paul Green of the four- star Broadway success, “Native Son.” Green won the Pulitzer Prize in 1927 for his full-length Negro drama, “Jn Abraham’s Bos-

som”, which is considered one of nis best plays.

Beginning at 2 o’clock, the pro-

The Philatelic Society To Hold

Exhibit Here

For the benefit of Philatelic so-

cieties, school children, scout troops, and members of stamp clubs, etc., the Post Office De-

partment’s Philatelic Truck, in which is a complete display of United States postage stamps and related materials, will be in Chi- cago, Ju’y 22 to 26, inclusive.

Each visitor, in addition to see-

ing an exhibit of interest and of h:gh educational va'ue, v/ill re-

ceive a free souvenir poster stamp. The new official stamp booklet

containing a description and il- ustration of a‘l United States pos- tage stamps from their introduc- tion in 1847, will be on sale for those who may desire them.

Further details regrading th;s long anticipated visit of the Phil- atelic Truck to our city and its location Will be announced in a few days.

gram will include music by the Fort Bragg Band, the popular Ex- celsior Band of Norfolk, the Jubi- lee Singers, and a group of cho- ruses from North Carolina and

Virginia. This will be followed by an old-fashioned fish fry on the Fort Raleigh grounds and a presentation of “The Lost Colo- ny.”

Negro Day was originally set a- side by the governor of North Carolina, President Frank Gra- ham of the University of North Carolina, Clyde Erwin, state sup- erintendent of Education, Paul Green and D. Bradford Fearing, president of the Roanoke Island Historical association, _■ ■— I

Died — Elder G. Scott, secre-

tary and executive officer of the Union Pacific Dining Car Waiters’ Union, from a heart attack while- listening to the Joe Louis-Conn fight.

Married — Miss Bessie Estelle Gardner and Clesbie R. Daniel:; oi Palestine, Tex., both are grad- uates of Bishop college and teach-

ing in the Booker T. Washington high school in Wichita Falls. Tex

Woman’s Skull Fractured In

Auto Accident In a critical condition in the

hospital this week is Mrs. Leila Sad’er, 4729 Prairie avenue. Mrs. Sadler sustained a possible skull fracture when she was run down as she attempted to cross at the intersection of 47th and Michi- gan avenue Monday night.

The driver of the car, a sedan, was Joe Jackson, 3448 Indiana avenue. Jackson, witnesses stated, was proceeding south in Michi- gan avenue when the accident oc-

cured. Mrs. Sadler who was

crossing from the west to east

curb, was wa king with the lights, it was stated. Jackson was tak- en into custody and booked on a

reckless driving charge.

Married — Miss Margaret Ca- 1 hexane Kennedy of Durham, N. C., Talladega graduate, member of Delta Sigma Theta soroiity, X-ray technician at the Community hos- pital in Norfolk, Va., to Lewis Marshall Goodwin of New York, graduate of Talladega, member of Omega Psi Phi fraternity, and a

government employee in the Cus- toms department.

Appointed — Kathleen M. Mur-

ray of Detroit, Mich., a junior project planner to the United States Housing Authority.

Died — Miss Amy Chadwick of Atlanta, Ga., teacher and su-

pervisor and owner of the Leon- ard Street Orphanage where she worked for 30 years.

Married — Beulah Leanora Campbell of Waycross, Ga., grad- uate of South Cai’olina State col- lege and member of Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority, to Bozie Clayton Phillips, Jr., graduate of Florida A. and M. college and member of Kappa Alpha Psi fi’aternity.

Admitted — Ernest E. Finney, principal of the Chatham public school in Danville, Va., that he burned the school because he wknted a' new building.

Died — Rev. A. T. Parker, 79, of Lawrence, Kansas, who has spent mcst of his life in the min- istry.

Married — Miss Hellen Annia Phillips of Pittsburgh, Pa., form- er student at Pittsburgh univer- sity and member of Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority, to Dr. C. P. Hor- ton of Alton, 111., former resident physician at People's hospital in St. Louis, Mo,

Named — Major William Creig- ier, former captain of the first

Fuss Over Money Ends

In Stabbing An arguement arising when she

allegedly accused two women re-

siding in her home of taking money belonging to her, Mrs. Es- tel e Mathews, 4532 Prairie ave-

nue, was stabbed by one of them and seriously injured Wednes- day morning. Mrs. Mathews was

removed to county hospital from Provident, where knife wounds of the left side of the back allegedly inflicted by Ruth Mae Saunders, were regarded as extremely cri- tical.

Miss Saunders was taken into custody by Detectives Saunders and McDonald of Wabash avenue police. She accused Mrs. Mat- hews of being the aggressor, stat- ing she attempted to attack her with a knife and that she stabbed her to protect herself. Miss Saunsers received treatment for a lacerated hand.

Mrs. Mathews, it was stated, misp’aced or lost a sum of money and went to Miss Saunders and Mrs. Elizabeth Moore, both of whom live in the same apart- ment. “She accused us of taking her money,” Miss Sanders stat- ed, “We denied it, and she got a knife. I got one too, and in the struggle she cut me. I stabbed her to protect myself,1’ she in- sisted.

CLARENCE CAMERON WHITE RE-ENTERS CONCERT FIELD

ELIZABETH, N. J. — Clarence Cameron White, the weii known violinist, has announced his return to the concert field. Mr. White, who is famed as a composer as

7,900 DINING CAR MEN ASK PAY

All locals of the Joint Council

Dining Car Employees, represet- ing 7,000 Negroes in various parts of the nation, have asked the rail- roads for an increase in pay ef-

fective July 10 with a minimum

of 70 cents per hour, it was re-

vealed this week.

The notice was sent June 10, the date when all other AF'L rail- road labor unions petitioned for

pay increases. It asks sDecifically that there be applied an increase

of 30 cents an hour to all rates now in effect “provided howev- er that no employee shall be paid less than 70 cents an hour.”

Railway companies were also asked to name a conference place and time, but if no agreement could be reached with individual companies, the joint council was

ready to handle the matter on a

joint national basis. Preliminary steps for the action

were taken by the contract and

negotiating committee of George E. Brown, Thomas Elge, Layton Weston, and Frank Pitarro; and the advisory board of general chair- men composed of Ernest Jones, John Scott, McGill Simms, and Sherman Fonville. Richard W. Smith is secretary-treasurer.

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sociated exclusively with the Na- tional Recreation association for the past few years.

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