WOMAN NAMED DEPUTY
ATTORNEY GENERAL IN
CALIFORNIA
SACRAMENTO, Cal., Jan. 14
(ANP)—Atty. Gen. Robert Kenney
of California announced Saturday
the appointment of Pauli Murray
as a deputy attorney general in the
department of justice. Miss Murray,
a graduate of Howard University
Law School and winner of a Rosen
wald fellowship, 1944-45, recently
received a master of laws degree
from Bealt Hall of Law, University
of California. She was admitted to
the California bar in December.
This marks the first time a Negro
has been appointed to the attorney
general’s office in California. One
other Negro woman attorney, Miss
Virginia Stephens, also a graduate
of Boalt Hall of Law, serves in the
California state government. Atty.
Stephens worked in the legislative
council which gives aid and advice
to state legislators in the drafting
of legislation.
HOLD LAST RITES FOR (OUNTEE
CULLEN, FAMOUS POET
NEW YORK, Jan. 14 (ANP).—
Funeral services for Countee Cul
len, celebrated poet, were held at
Salem Methodist church in Harlem
Saturday morning. Cullen died at
Sydenham hospital.
The 42-year-old poet, a native of
this city, was the son of the Rev.
Frederick Asbury Cullen, founder
of Salem Methodist Episcopal
church, and Mrs. Carolyn Belle
Mitchell Cullen. He achieved fame
during the period between the two
world wars and before he graduated
from DeWitt Clinton High school
his poems were published in news
papers. He broke into literary cir
cles by winning a poetry contest
sponsored by the Federated Wom
en’s clubs.
His poem answered “I Have A
Rendezvous With Death” by Alan
Seeger, a noted poet of World War
I period. He won second prize in
the Witter Bynner undergraduate
poetry contest at New York univer
sity were he had gone to continue
his studies in 1922. He graduated
from the university three years
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later and matriculated at Harvard
where he received his master’s
degree.
During 1925, his “Threnedy for
a Brown Girl” won the John Reed
Memorial prize and a high tribute
from Carl Van Vechten, who said
his work is “characterized by a
suave, unpretentious, brittle intel
lectual elegance,” and “some of it
by haunting lyric loveliness.” “Cop
per Sun,” a book of poems, appeared
in 1927.
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Cullen was enabled to study
abroad by a Guggenheim Memorial
fellowship in 1928 and the next year
wrote “The Black Christ.” His “One
Way to Heaven” was published in
1932. He wrote “The Medea” in
1935, “The Lost Zoo” in 1940 and
“My Lives and How I Lost Them-”
in 1942. Since 1934, he has served
as assistant editor of “Opportun
ity”, taught French at Frederick
Douglass Junior High school.
He recently collaborated with
Arna Bontemps on “St. Louis
Woman,” a play that goes into re
hearsal soon and is slated for Broad
way next spring. He is survived by
a. wife, Mrs. Ida Mae loberson Cul
len, and his father, pastor of the
church where funeral services were
held.
ORDER RESTORED IN HAITIAN
PORT DEATH TOLL 25
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti, Jan.
14—Haitian troops slowly restored
order in Port-Au-Prince today
after a wild night in which natives
celebrated the ouster of President
Elie Lescot looted and burned
property.
There was sporadic shooting
near a hotel where a number of
Americans were quartered, but no
additional casualties were report
ed. The death toll, since the upris
ing began a week ago, was esti
mated at 25.
The capital was swept by rumors
that “the Marines are coming”
after four U. S. destroyers ap
peared in the outer harbor and a
squadron of American Navy planes
flew over the city. The ships dis
appeared after cruising two hours.
A U. S. embassy source said the
destroyers were on maneuvers.
HIGH PRAISE FOR CARVER
RESEARCH LABORATORY
AT TUSKEGEE
TUSKEGEE, Jam 14 (ANP)—
That the Carver Research labora
tory at Tuskegee institute is pro
gressing in the tradition of its origi
nator and first director the late
George W. Carver, is revealed in an
article which appeared in “Shop
talker” house organ of the Parker
Pen company.
Headed by a picture of Dr. C. T.
Mason, associated director and Miss
Gladys Williams, a graduate re
search assistant, the article de
scribes an experiment with ink
which is being made by Miss Wil
liams under Dr. Mason’s direction.
“We gave them a research job initi
ally,” said the article, “more to give
a friendly life to a college for colored
people than with the expectation of
getting any startling results.”
Then the article quotes a com
pany officials who said that “those
people down at Tuskegee are really
showing progress and accomplish
ing things. In fact we are getting
more than our money’s worth out of
them.”
“Contract with the Parker Pen
company,” said Dr. R. W. Brown,
director of the Laboratory, “was
originally made through President
F. D. Patterson and the United Ne
gro College fund. Certain standards
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based upon research facilities avail
able at the colleges were announced
and Tuskegee institute was selected
for the experiment.”
Bi-monthly progress reports are
submitted and the company has
been so pleased with the progress of
the ink research that, in August,
the monthly fee was doubled.
MRS. BETHUNE APPEALS
FOR AID FOR VICTORY
CLOTHING COLLECTION
NEW YORK, Jan. 11—Mrs.
Mary .McLeod Bethune, President
of the National Council of Negro
Women, has appealed for generous
donations of clothing, shoes and
money on automobiles and furni
ture to keep the wolf from the door.
Relief rolls in several Michigan
bedding for overseas relief. Her
statement was made public by
Henry J. Kaiser, national chairman
of the Victory Clothing Collection,
now in progress throughout the na
tion.
Mrs. Bethune stated, “Our Na
tional Council went on record at its
workshop meeting to have women
in all of the local communities par
ticipate in this clothing collection.
At every meeting that I attend, I
urge the women to get behind this
drive. We realize how important it
is to do all we can to express a real
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