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9 IRST with the NEWS i ii 1 1 i 5 Corwrstone Of Another Addition To If Another milestone la the enlarge went ef Harlem Hospital's facilities will be reached Wednesday. March 11, when exercises will be keld at the cornerstone laying ef the Harlem Hospital Dispensary on West 137th street. This new, six story dispensary now searing completion is one of fourteen dispesMriee and out patient clinics a city wide program sponsored by the Department ef Hospitals, The Harlem Hospit Check Hefts With the arrest of two Harlem youths and two Brooklyn girls, police believe they have cleared up the mystery surrounding the theft, endorsement and cashing of home relief checks of some 300 poor Harlem families during the past year. The arrests were not without a bit ef humor wbea the arresting officers, Detectives Sidney Cus berth and Alexander Johnson, revealed that one ef them had to visit a dance hall and jitterbug with the girls in order to get the information whkh resulted in the arrest of the gang. Appearing in the lineup Police Headquarters on Friday, were the quartet who said they were Ruth Mayo.

17, of 1433 Fulton St, and Julia Calcoate, 19, of 1010 Fulton street both of Brooklyn, and William Stapleton, 24, of 106 West 144tb street and Edward Ridgley, 20, ef West 139th street, both of Harlem. They were charged with taking federal checks totaling about $5,000. for months, the Harlem Home Relief bureaus had been flooded wi'h complaints of clients whose home rebet checks had been stolen and cashed. First lead came when Detective Johnson made a visit to a Brooklyn dance ball where he danced with the two girls obtaining from them the information with which the mob was tracked down. At an apartment at 230 West 140 street, the two detectives learned that a mob of younger children re ported daily with home relief checks they had fished out of mail boxes througout the district In the apartment the detectives also found special ink and Identification cards made out in hundreds of different names so that the stolen hecks could be easily sashed by a Hember of the gang npoa presentation of the proper" identification card.

The cards, police said, had been stolen from the home relief bureaus. "Negro Teadiars Know Pay as Whiles," Rants ATLANTA, Ga. "Nagr teachers of Georgia know they art net entitled to the same pay as white teachers." claims Governor Eugene Talmadge in Us first blast against the suit filed February 17 in the U. S. District Court here to equal be colored and white teachers' salaries.

Taking a dig at me NAACP, falmadge asserted; The Negroes ef Georgia arc being Imposed usee by their so called friends up north. Such as this will not do any good in the South and win et be countenanced A. T. Wal Asa, heal NAACP attorney, assist al of the it of 1 VOL.56. No.

42. Dispensary is an additional unit the Harlem Hospital group located at 137th street, between Lenox present Women's Building. The new structure extends ISO feet en 137th street and Is 65 feet in depth. The total of the new building, in cluding fees and furniture, is es timated at $967,000. To the present facilities of the hospital, for providing dispensary and out patient clinical services at the rate of approximately 290.000 per year, the new dispensary win a'dd a capacity for nearly 600,000.

Negro Ifehss Estonia In mi toiEflo looDtecrossea uy u.o. Officials, Congressman Charges WASHINGTON, D. A Michl gan Congressman, Albert J. EngeL on the floor of the S. House of Representatives Wednesday told the story of how a Negro business enterprise of Toledo, Ohio, was double crossed by officials of the Government He charged that the 17.000 Ne gro residents of Toledo have found extremely difficult to obtain employment in that city outside the WPA Relief and NY and that while some 9,000 white women are employed in the factories of the city, less than twelve col ored women arc employed, even as scrubwomen.

To meet this situation, Negroes of Toledo got together te relieve the existing distress. Congressman Engel declared that "this roup of Negro citizens were encouraged by Secretary of War Stimson be ginning in August, 194a and defense officials later, at Washington and at Cleveland to set up a Cooperative Enterprise with the promise they would be able to ob tain defense contracts only to be told after they had complied with every direction, nearly a year af terward, that they could not bid on any Army ekxitmg eontrastc gweanent Created Senssiiact Cofigresaman Engcea statement created something of a sensation. His remarks follow; "Mr. Speaker: On Monday, March X. 1942.

I spoke to this House at lenfth regarding an agreement eetween Sidney niu man of the War Production Board, and Donald Nelson, bead of that board, whereby manufacturers of women's clothing were not per mitted to bid on army clothmr contracts. "The argument was advanced that in view ef the fact that the two million or snort men who are in the army and more to go Into the army, are no longer purchas ing clothes la civilian life, therefore the manufacturers and work' ThyDca'l Rate Gov. Tahdge cf Ga. by Thurgood Marshall. NAACF special counsel, are handling the case for the teachers.

Aa indication ef the trend ef future attacks is In the race bait ing Governor's statement If they win this suit they wfll try to en tor suit te admit Negroes to ell our schools and other public plac es." Talmadge said colored teachers In Georgia "know the comparison in their tax returns does not war rant equal salaries. They know the cost of living for the Negro Is nothing lift as high as that tor wait Harlem Hospital Although this will do much to re lieve the present inadequacy of this service in Harlem, future plans contemplate the demolition of present quarters and the erection of a new structure which win prac ically double the capacity ef the building for which the cornerstone will be kid Wednesday. The construction of this building started in January, 1941, is under the Jurisdiction of the Department of Public Works. Completion of the structure Is at present planned for the late fall of 1942. .1 ft ft ere making men's garments were entitled te this business.

I pointed out the fact that pri vate industry was deprived of some 600 million pounds of wool and nearly a billion yards of va rious types of cloth, and proper ly so under priority rulings, to supply the defense needs; that it will require 963,123,000 shirts, field Jackets trousers, overcoats, mack Inaws. coats, cotton and woolen drawers and cotton and woolen undershirts to supply an army of two million men for two years; that it was absolutely impossible for the present men's garment in us try to supply that demand without expanding tremendously both in floor space, workers and machines and that the government could not take this tremendous amount of material out of the (CoaUnaed oa page seven) NAACP Fte D. Office Plans for an office ef the NAACP t'' be set np in Washington, D. C. were submitted to the Associa tion's board of directors, Monday March 9.

by a committee headed by. William H. Haslie. The Wash invton office will be for the pur pose of lobbying and dealing di rectly with government agencies for the protection of the rights Negroes. A17VS Led Units Attack Mrs.

Job Fcr Criticizing Organization The American Women's Volun tary Service, whkh has made front pages for the last month as result of the resignation from it of three prominent Negro women who levelled charges that the organization was sot a democratic setup, makes news this week again. This time is a denial of the charges against the organization made by a committee of women from the 12th and 16th Divisions of the W. V. of which Mrs. T.

Arnold Hill Is coordinator. Meeting representatives of the press, Friday evening at 107 West 116th street, the committee told reporters that neither Mrs. John Hope. Mrs. James Weldon Johnson nor Mrs, Numa P.

G. Adams "are to a position to express aa opialon on discrimination in the local division! because they were never active in local anita. When The New York Age was asked to send a representative to the conference, it had been understood mat officials el the aaUoaal NEW YORKN. YSAtURDAY, MARCH QUIZ COPS IN Kins Say 25 Policecea Were Preset At Gacs Wbsa 2 Men Were Killed; The office of District Attorney Frank Hogan had ao comment to make when The New. York; Age went to press, on Tuesday as; to.

what action has been or will be taken, against twenty five Harlem policemen reputed to have been present when two Negroes were slain during a dice game on "Wash ington's' Birthday. The Police Commissioner's office was equally as non commital. The policemen, it was saicC fled after the killing Frank aTields, 52, of 120 West 120th and Wilfred Spence. 42, of 118 West '110 street whose bodies were discov ered in a building at 2716 Eighth avenue. Under arrest and charged with the murder is John D.

Brown, superintendent of the building, and svsiaeiK ex ia new mm vrcct. Brown was arrested after an in vestigation by Detective Barts of the 32nd Precinct The Janitor, it was said, shot Fields and Spence, when they refused to return $33 which they had won from him and which he said was rent receipts from tenants. The. policemen were eald.to have been playing in the game, along with other private citizens, but all fled when the twe men were fatal ly shot Subsequent investigation revealed the presence of the police men at the time of the shooting snd they are now the subject of investigation as to why they took no action to prevent the murder, why they were present and play ing the game in direct violation of the law and why they fled after the murder without any attempt to take action and arrest the killer. First Negro Arrested On Sedition Charge Free In Philadelphia PHILADELPHIA.

Pa. Harry Carpenter, 34 year old truck driver, the first persons to face the charge of sedition since the war began, was cleared Wednesday by Judge Lewis in Court of Quarter Sessions. Carpenter was arrested on Feb ruary 16th in a raid on an alleged South Philadelphia gambling house during which he is quoted as tell ing the arresting M. P. Sergeant Edwards Simms: you re a crazy nigger wearing that uniform.

You're only fighting for white trash. This is a white man's government and war and it's no damned good." The court released Carpenter when it was told that Attorney General Biddle did not desire fur ther prosecution of the charge. office would be present at the meeting to answer questions concerning the charges made by Mrs. Johnson and Mrs. Hope.

At the meeting, however, not a single na tional officer was present Instead Mrs. Rosa A. Held, executive direc tor of the Greater New York area of the organization was present with a few ef her co workers. "we go oa record," the committee's statement read." as supporting the program ef the A. W.

V. S. in all its phases and denying the accusations made Ws wish to state that these divisions are fully integrated in all the services officered by this organization and have been extended every courtesy and have received the fullest cooperatioa from both the national aod Man hattan offices." Asked JH Kesalnaueaa Queried as to why no Negro hsd been invited to become a member of the national board of the A. W. V.

which Is iws years old. tfcs eomalttee replied that "the first Geiij Daire Coamanding Cavalry Kvision BRIGADIER GENERAL BEN JAftiH nighert ranking Negro officer in the United States Army, has been assigned to Fort Riley, Kani as a In hjade com maasjsr ef the Snd Cavalry Divi storiathe War Department er nonicea Washington oa Juan nay General Davis entered the military service on July 13, 1898, during the Identify Heroic Lless Attendant Who Tilanned Machine Gun As Japs During Pearl Harbor Attack The long silence of the Navy De partment regarding the identity of the heroic Negro mess attendant who manned a machine gun during the Japanese raid on Pearl Harbor, was broken Thursday when Lieu tenant Arthur A. Allen of the Press Relations Section gave the name of the heroic Negro mess attendant. In response to queries sent by Dr. L.

D. Reddick, curator of the Schomburg Collection of the New York Public Library, the Navy Department wrote: 'This office has been provided with the name of the Negro mess attendant who manned a machine gun during the Japanese raid on Pearl Harbor and I can inform you now that he is Doris Miller. Mess Attendant 2nd Class, U. S. Navy.

"Miller is native of Waco. Texas, where he was born October 12, 1919. He enlisted in the Navy at Dallas, Texas on September 16, Hope And Mrs. In Their Letters election to the national board since the organization of the 12th and 16th Divisions will be held in May. 1942.

Nominations will be closed March 31, 1942. We were advised several months ago to present names to the nominating committee which will be acted on in May, 1942." They said membership on the national board was decided only through elections of the unite. (Editor's note: It wss later discovered by The New York Age that the daily newspapers ef February 22nd announced the election to the board of Mrs. Edgsrd Leonard and Mrs, Bernard GimbaL at the height ef the controversy.) Members of the committee were particularly bitter In their denunciations' of Meedames Hope and Johnson. WhUe they admitted that Mrs.

Johnson held office la the A WVS as a member of the national advisory they denied that Mrs. Hope held any office and said she had: merely attached herself to a 14, 1942 mm 'si Spanish American War, as a first lieutenant sf the tth United States Infantry and tinea that time has served in the armed forces with His son. Captain Benjamin O. Davis, a Wast Point graduate, so Saturday received hi wings in. the United States Army Air Corps at Tuskegee, Ala.

ainst 1939. He is the son of Conery Miller, Route 1, Box 339, Waco, Texas. "In company wtth two officers and several enlisted men, Miller was on tne signal brioge et a battleship when the commanding officier of the vessel received a fatal abdominal wound. While the others sought to construct a stretcher to lower the Captain to safer location, a. Naval Reserve Lieutenant and Miller manned a pair of machine guns and tired up on the attacking planes until fires started by bombs rendered the machine guns useless.

"Unable to lower their Captain on an improvised stretcner. I our officers snd men, including Miller, csrried him from the biasing bridge of the chip to the more sheltered deck under the portside anti aircraft guns. "Dying, the Captain ordered the officers snd men to abandon ship. Finding other means of escape blocked because of the flames, they made their way to shore, band over hand, along lines strung deckwsrd from a boat crane." James 17. Jcscd Of Resignation the national office as a volunteer worker.

(Editor's note: Dated July 10, 1941, an executive memorandum ie aU personnel of the A WVS issued by Mary telle Boss, national executive director, stated that: "Mrs. Lugenia B. Hope has been appoint' ed Administrative Assistant, in the Division of Program and Extension; and will clear through Mrs. Opal E. McOheany, the director ef that Attack After the press conference coa qluded.

various committee members castigated Mrs. Hope and Mrs. Johnson, but asked that their remarks be considered "off the record," Justifying tjba attack as being merely for the pvpose of clarity tag the situation; tor the members of the press. Mrs. Jsmes S.

Watson is chair' man of toe 13th Division, while Mrs. Bessie Kraft head the ICth Division. DETROIT PROJECT WILL REMAIN NEGRO, SAYS U. S. Riot Shows Negroes Are 'Ted Up" Willi Talk Of Democracy DETROIT, Mich.

One of the striking revelations resulting from the riots here, February 28., over the occupancy of the. Sojourner Truth housing project Is that the American Negro is Just about ted up with talk of democracy and now demands some action." This was the observation of Roy Wilkins, assistant secretary ef the NAACP who came here March 4, to consult with and pledge cooper ation to the Citizens' Committee carrying on the housing fight (Coatinaed on page seven) Federal Jury Finds Robt Jordan Guilty In Men Act Case The nrst conviction by a )urj the United State District Court at violating the alien reglstratloa act sttMO. er retorrani Heads? against Robert O. Jordan. 41 year old native 'of the B.

W. whs during the last two years has conduct ed a militant pro Nazi campaign in Harlem under the banner of the Ethiopian Pacific League, 113 Lea ex avenue. Jordan was found guilty ef fail to notify the Commissioner taf ImmlsraUon and Naturalization on three specific occasions of a change of address. He will be sen tenced on Wednesday by Judge Edward A. Conger and faces a maximum sentence of 90 days and $300 fine.

Federal agents charged Jordan not only with being anu semiuc but also with being an ardent ad' mirer of Hitler and an agent ef the Japanese. First Negro Officers Get Ccnzisioais In A Amy Air Ccrpd TUSKEGEE, Ala. Saturday. March 7. commissions In the US.

Armr Air Corps were awarded to the first group of Negro pilots at the Post Theatre of the Air Corps Advanced Flying ScheoL Among those to receive their wini was Captain Benjamin O. Davis, jr. Cadets Mac Ross and George Spencer Mobere, both of West Virginia; Lemuel R. Custis, Hartford, Charles Henry DeBow, Indianapolis, re ceived commissions as 2nd lieu ten ants. Capt Benjamin O.

Davis jr. the son of Brigadier General Ben jamin O. Davis, and ia a graduate ef Wesi Piont Military Academy. His first assignment was to Fort Banning. Georgia.

After about one year he was transferred to Tus kegee Institute as Professor ef Military Science and Tactics. The Spring of 1941 he was sent to Fort Riley, Knsas as aids to Brigadier General Davis. Early In the sum mer CapL Davis retirned to Tus keke Institute te begin pilot training in the Air Corpt Detach men. Primary Flying School, Tuskegee Institute. Cadet Roberts re ceived advanced flying training the Civilian Pilot Training Course at Tuskegee Insdtute before en tering Air Corps Primary Train lag.

Coloael Frederick V. H. Kimble, contmanding officer of the ACAFS could not bei reached for confirmation of the rumor that the newly commissioned officers would be as signed to duty st the Tuskegee Field. The inaugural ceremony Initiat ing she training ef Negroes military, aviators for the United tatoa Amy Air Corps was held July It. ltsl, at vie Booker Washington Monument Tuskegee Institute, With every new eaaeertetton fee one roar Tie New York Age give aeselately' free fifty cents worth ef TWELVE PAGES Head Of FUA (Hers Oa Rbt, Says lVoccl WEI Cczfe Fcr Nejrc BTJLLITI9 WASHINGTON, D.

Attorney General Biddle announced Monday that an immediate investigation to see civil rights of Negroes have) been violated in Detroit bad hcea asked of a federal grand Jnry. Mr. Biddle charges that a eonaplr acy existed to prevent Negra less ees from moving into the' Sojoara er Troth Homes, and according: to) accasations, sixty five Negro tea ilies were scheduled to move) ke eat February 38 but early that morn ing the first twe truckloeds of their furnishings were destroyed by white persons. The Negroes were stoned as they tried to protacs themselves and a riot ensued. WASHINGTON, D.

Johst B. landlord, Jr, national housing ae miaistrator, on Friday reaffirmed the right of Negroes to occupy the Sojourner Truth Housing Project in Detroit The project was the scene of bloody rioting February 361a. Following conference with Mayor lowar Jeffries of De troit, new aesaaig ehisC dared: 'Sojourner Truth was planned for Negra occupancy. That is still in effecl The Federal Housing Administration (FHA) will take difficulties Ws are at war. This is a war housing project.

Ia permitting their emotions to take command, both sides in this controversy have lost sight ef that fact for the moment. I am sure the patriotism of the citizens of Detroit will assert itself and peaceful councils will bring about a speedy end to a controversy that can have broad implications if continued." Meanwhile the United States Do pertinent of Justice received memorandum pertaining to the) riots, submitted bjr Attorneys WiLV iam K. Hastie and Thurgood Marshall en behatt ef the NAACP. the Justice Department told she XAA CP tost week that V. S.

Atkornsr John Lehr has been isqiisstoil to make a report on the rietJnf, particularly the charge that fhe K. X. X. anapired the eott Vegra outceaka. Of Fatal 2:62 Of Jsrtiy Man By PcHee BRTDGETON.

N. J. Znveetlga. tlon and possible prosecution of Patrolman 04s listed, charged with the fatal shooting ef 23 yeat old Milton Lewis ef Atlantis City, will be andereaken by fhe Jersey state conference ef NAACP branch, es, according to Dr. D.

W. Anthony, president ef the state conference, who has appointed Atusr neys William A. Dart ef Atlantic City and Robert Queea ef Trenton to complete tavesetgatioa. Early February, nearly tot iidignant Negro citizens ef this community Jammed city council chambers to demand the dismissal of Hutted. Commissioner of Public Safey Mervin Beach told the delegation that Husted was not suspended because "my investigation does not warrant laying him off." He said the masted had been turned over to Prosecutor Thomas G.

Tuso. Tuso said that the case will be referred to the jury in April for indictment Lewis was shot on the niht of January 29t according to reports after he. was supposed to have evaded arrest by Husted who ac coated htm while be was sitting In a car. Husted shot him twice, once ia the leg. and encc tat the thigh.

But the coroner ascribed his death as "shock." The leg wounds were Colored citUens of Freehold met wthi the. mayor and do council there Monday aightMarot te ebaUn official peeUioa oe toeir charge that "a young colored aian" wss subjected to the third decree by meal police. They have ntind the NAAf national office ef their desire to branch sf Ike AisoctoUasa.