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OHIO
Refuses to Permit
Integrated Guard
NNBL Official Urge's
Business Men to Back
Convention Preparation
NEW YORK, June 9. (ANP)—
Lack of funds in the treasury of
the National Negro Business lea
gue is making it difficult to com
plete preparations for the annual
convention to be held in Atlantic
City July 21 to 23. John H. Har
mon, executive secretary direc
tor, issued an appeal here Mem
orial day to all executive board
members of the league, asking
that they lend a hand in seeing
that the convention is held.
Harmon revealed that there is
little or no money in the treas
ury, a condition which existed
-since he came to the office last
March 1, after Lynwood W. Brown
of Richmond, had resigned in De
troit. Although 10 board members
pledged $1,050 for an operating
fund to be used in preparation for
the convention. Harmon reported
that only one pledge had been
paid, the one made by the North
Carolina Mutual Life Insurance
company. He also said that only
one out of the 39 board members
had paid their 1947-48 dues.
Declaring that "no further pro
gress can be made without im
mediate funds of a substantial na
ture," Harmon said:
"You may as others feel that
you do not like giving further
funds to the league without a def
inite program of service and I
agree with you. However, I pre
sented such a program in Wash
ington which was approved. I do
want to remind you that never
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ST. PAUL, Mum., June 9.
Negros, Russians New
Victims of German
Hate Theories
(A
NP)—Gov. Luther W. Youngdahl
of Minnesota, said last week that
Secretary of the Army Kenneth
G. Royal, had refused his reqeust
to okay an unsegregated national
guard in Minnesota. The gover
nor appealed to the state's con
gressmen to protect the state's
National guard federal funds dur
ing his campaign to integrate Ne
groes into the local units.
The governor has indicated that
Whether Royal approves or not
Minnesota will evenutally have an
unsegregated guard.
J. 0. Thomas Public
Relations Consultant
WASHINGTON, June 9. (AN
P)—Jesse
O. Thomas has been
named public relations consultant
to the American Red Cross. Hr.
Thomas, who began work with
the organization in 1943, aws as
sistant to the vice chairman in
charge of domestic relations and
later assistant in public relations.
BERLIIN, June 9. AMP)—A
recent survey ythe American
Military government revealed this
week that Negroes, Russians and
Balkan Slavs (gypsies) had re
placed the Jews in the hate
schemes of the German mind.
Anti-Semitism is dying out in
Germany, the survey revealed, but
new racial hates are being sub
stituted for the Jews. According
to the public opinions research
section of the information control
division of AMG, Negroes rank
first Russians, second, and the
gypsies, third, in the order of "in
ferior races" in the eGrman mind.
TO DEDICATE
RANKIN HOUSE
Sunday, June 13, the name of
John Rankin will be immortalized
in Ripley, Ohio. Dedication of the
Rankin House will take place in
this town. The house was the first
stop on the underground* railway
through which thousands and
thousands of fugitive slaves gain
ed freedom before the Civil War.
However, the Rankin being im
mortalized is far, far removed
from the one currently playing
such a demagogic and tyrannical
role in American history. The
house, now owned by the state,
was occupied by Rev. John Ran
kin, a leader in the abolitionist
movement, before the war between
the north and south broke out.
LYNCHBURG, Va., June 9. (A
NP)—The controversy which is
raging among some of the almni
and other persons over the inter
racial dancing incident here last
February may cost Dr. Riley B.
Montgomery his post as president
of Lynchburg college, it was re
vealed last week.
The Rev. W. Heredith Norment
Jr., of Martinville, Va., president
of the college's alumni association
has disclosed in a letter to alumni
association members that there is
a move on among a "small mi
nority' 'to get sufficient support
to force the resignation of Dr.
Montgomery.
Rev. Mr. Norment is urging the
alumni of the college to pledge
VOL. VI.—NO. 108 DAYTON, OHIO, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 9, 1948 PRICE FIVE CENTS
of Honors Dunbar
Track Team
rt
The Dunbar Wolverines track
team was honored Monday after
noon by the Dayton Chamber of
Commerce in a luncheon at the
Biltmore hotel. The honor was
tendered because the track team
won the Ohio 1948 class A prep
championship.
Principle speakers were Larry
Snyder, track coach at Ohio State,
and one of his proteges, Dave Al
britton who coached the team to
its first state championship.
Toast master of the luncheon
was Myron Eckhardt, vice chair
man o fthe C. of C. He presented
certificates of merit to team cap
tain Maceo Cofield, Frank Kil
gore, Russ Henderson, James
Fritz, Elijah Crane, Sam Mukes,
Johnny Mass, Lynn Owens, James
Turner, Vernon Stroud and Herb
Fields, manager.
Snyder lauded the Dunbar team
for its accomplishments, as well as
Dave Albritton for the splendid
developing work he did on his
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EDITORIAL—
Ministers of every denomination, race and color will
mark Sunday, June 20th, by leading their congregations in
Father's Day services. Once again, people of every race
and creed will unite in active fulfillment of the Biblical
admonition, "Honor Thy Father."
From the beginning, religious leaders of all races have
given their sincere and ardent support to this day which
in essence encourages love and respect of the child, and
affection and responsibility on the part of the parent.
Father's Day is a day of spiritual stock-taking, when
fathers ask themselves, "Have I been a good father?"
There is something about Father's Day that is far bigger
than the usual flippancies and time-worn jokes about Dad
Even Balzac, the cynic acknowledged the magniture of
fatherhood. "Since I have become a father,*' he said,
have come to understand God."
"Father—To God Himself we cannot give a holier
name," said Wadsworth.
Mixed Dancing May Cost
Job of Virginia College Prexy
full support to the president of
the college and "present policies
at the college."
The minister has also urged
alumni to write letters to the col
lege's board of trustees informing
the group o ftheir stand with the
president. He further requested
alumni to attend a meeting of
ministers, alumni and lay mem
bers of the Disciples of Christ de
nomination to be held at Lynch
burg college in June.
The interracial dancing incident
which touched off controversy
among some members of the
alumni association and white citi
zens of Lynchburg occurred last
February when four students from
Virginia State college were guests
Sentenced in Stabbing,
Fine Suspended
Continuing the "Sunday Sport"
at a high level, residents of this
area are receiving conviction af
ter conviction for stabbing and
shooting. The latest culprit is
Charles Williams, alias Shedrick
Taylor, 20, 341 Sprague street.
Taylor was fined $1000 and con
victed to one year in the work
house for assault and battery in
the Municipal court Monday. Dur
ing good behavior all the fine and
nine months of the eeatenoa were
suspended.
Taylor was convicted of stab
bing Vernatta Pitts, 335 Sprague
street. He stabbed the victim in
the back at the Five Points cafe,
June 1. The cafe Is at 1064 Ger
mantown street.
Last Saturday night Roy Grimes
of 20 Ba-rnett street, was the vic
tim of a shooting. Police claim he
was shot in the abdomen over a
gambling debt by an unidentified
FATHER'S DAY
in the white college campus for
an interracial conference on the
race problem.
During a lull at a social gath
ering some white students sug
gested a dance with the visitors
which was accepted. News of the
incident spread and white citizens
of Lynchburg charged that com
munistic influence were behind
the incident and demanded that
the FBI be called in to make an
investigation.
Immediately after members of
the trustee board headed by Dr.
John A. Tate of Richmond, took
•note of the dancing Dr. Montgom
ery issued an official statement
explaining that the suggestion of
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assailant. Grimes is in St. Elisa
beths hospital.
Again we find it necessary to
make our appeal to citizens to
show more restraint in their ac
tions, to cease this stupid use of
dangerous weapons. An old adage,
and a wise one, says whiskey and
alcohol do not mix. It might be
added that whiskey and gun pow
der do not mix, nor do whiskey
and knives. Furthermore, shooting
and stabbing never settles any
thing, only complicates matters.
We should think the struggle to
maintain a bare existence would
be a complicated enough task,
without adding any further prob
lems to one's life.
YW and YM Activities
The Adult Activities depart
ments of the West Side YW and
Fifth street YM invites the public
to participate in their three major
activities of the summer program.
The Business and Industrial com
mittee will sponsor an ice cream
social at the YW Thursday, July
22, from 7 to 10 p. m. In addition
to refreshments, there will be
games and prizes on the spacious
lawn of the YW. A picnic to the
new YW camp is scheduled for
Saturday, July 31. Bus reserva
tions for this trip must be made
by noon, July 24. Reservations
may be made at the West Side
YW or Fifth tSreet YM. August
14, a trip will be made to the
Yellow Springs area theater to
see the comedy "Charley's Aunt."
Reservations must be made at
the YW or YM by noon, Monday,
August 9.
Give $1000 to
Infantile Paralysis
TUSKEGEE, June U. (ANP)—
A check for $1000 was presented
to Dr. John W. Chenault, direc
tor of the infantile paralysis cen
ter, John A. Andrew Memorial
hospital, last week by the New
Home Makers' of America asso
ciation. This amount was a pre
sentation from the national NHA
and was an outstanding feature
of the 9th annual' meeting of the
Alabama association held at Tus
kegee May 19 and 20.
In acceptin gthe gift Dr. Che
nault said, "This is the only or
ganization that contributes so gen
erously to the improvement of our
school room unit for the rehabili
tation of handicapped children."
He mentioned a similar gift given
by the group last year and said
that equipment is steadily coming
in for the school room as a re
sult of money spent from their
generous gift last year.