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4HERE APRIL 20-20&>.Conduct Seventh

Annual Clinicho fovLy-sevcnth annual ses

^Hln of the Palmetto Medical, Dorund Pharmaceutical As.sociv

tion and the Clinic Which for thpast 7 years hag been conductein connection with the sessionwill begin in Colu'mbi-:; next Tutiday, April 20 and continue thrFriday, April 2.'1.

sponsored by the association anM which began at Columbia scve

years ago is now ranked next tthe Tuskegee clinic. Visiting dottors irom neighboring, states witmore than one hundred mumbeiof the association attend the clnitls annually. a

Scientific discussions and clinic-wttl be held r.t the Good Samartan-Waverlcv ITospital, HenodicCollege and Allen University.The annual sessions get undei

way Tuesday night with the ainual addrcs.s l/y l")r. A. 11. Johrson, physician and surgeon, pre!ident of the association. -Clinicbegin Wednesday morning.At the public session Wednej

day night in Allen University aiditorium the principal addre?tUill Vrr- ar.lCi. T-^,1

Schull, noted Syphilologist o5 Chicago.

|5even clinierr.ns are listed f<thp departments of the medic;section. I)r. James Lowell Hal

nal medicine who formerly wit'huirman of the entire dcpartmeiof medicine, and supervisor oclinics, Provident Hospital, Chcago and for the jiast. two yeaiprofessor d{ MVidicirie, rfowu;Medical .School,. Washington.

Also 1'or surgery Dr. HartfoiBui well, associate professor osurgery, Howard Medical Sehocc^hief of surgical staff, FreedmenHospital, Washington, 1). C.For Opthalmology Dr. Clav.dii

i Forney, chairman of the d'partments of Opthalmology arOtolaryngology, Provident Hosjitalr Chicago.

Syphilology, Pr. Rtlph Schudiplomat. American Boaid of Dematology and Sy.philulogy, teacing stalf Presbyterian HospitNurses School. Chicago.

Pediatrics, Dr. Walter Madiluprofessor Pediatrics, MohanMedical School, Nashville.

Neuropsychiatrist, Dr. PrinP. Barker, fellow. of- AmerictPsychiatric Association, MajMedical Corps,. U. S. A., ChiAcute Service, Veterans' FacilitTusfeegee.

Roentgenology, Dr. JamesMartin, Mercy Hospital, Philadiphia, Pa.

For the Dental section, clircians arc John A. Turner, S. 1

1 D, D. S., Mil., assistant professof Oral surgery, Howard DentSchool, Washington, D. C.Williams J. Madison. 1). D. 5

M. Se. nssocmte^ p^rofeasor

lege, Washington, D. C.Clifton O. Dummett, A. II..

D. S., M. I). S., head of the dpartnient of Periodontology. Mharry Dental School. Nashville.

D. H. Turpin, D. D. S., profosor of Prosthetic Dentistry, M

Colored Women's^i'hibs Ask MembersTo H^lp Outfit Their

. Men In Service"Our husbands, son, and brot

ers are helping to fight this wsWe want to help finance it." Mi

^Aela Dement, President of the N^^Bnal Association of Colored W

- men's Clubs, told her members,asking them to step up their Boibuying during April in supportthp Treasury's Second War I.o;Drive."We are proud of our fightii

.said Mrs. Dement, "and a

J|are pVoud to send oi'r dollarst* *£rthe f 1 Ivt inir front jn the form

. tanka and nuns and tools to ha'those brave men. Besides our paroll savings' allotment,, and o

regular lending- to the governmerlet us all see if we can't manaito buy the gfls masks or the fir»id kits that srtve the life of srtmone you love. Or jt may gatowa;a bomb that wHT help to finish tvt-ar a little sooner.

vfHen wo buv those things we a

i.. **? saving for a better tomorroOut men aVc fighting for freedoibut there is no real freedom witdttt Economic security. Our Bontfre an iiTvestment In future fre

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I harry Dental College, Nashville[ And Dean D. I. Cooper head o 1I The department of I'lmnnrey-. flow:.rd Modiral School, Washington

.j D. C. essayist for the phernuwou.."^ttml"section.i

[. t otn iui lfiHiuvs uuriHK we ses

t. sion include a smoker Ti.o.-daj^ Registered mcmbctr wit(1 be <1 inner guests of President S|S R. Higjgins at Allen Uni.versitji- Thursday 1 dlO p. in. ThursdajX1'! nijrhfc vlsitiujy doctors iviul mem

hers will be guests of the Omepr:[t. Phi Psi Frt?rnaity at a Spring.tl Dance. ,

. i The Women's Auxiliary, whic ! sponsor a clay nursery in Colum

hia, will hold a meeting: Thursdaj*j at Bishops' Memorial church.

Officers of the Palmetto Medij". cal Association are: President A

B. Johnson, M. D.. Columbia,c President-elect B. A. Everett. Mj'. D., Columbia: Secretary Durban^ Urer C. C. Brevard, D. D. S., Cam

den.L" T-v.. T r* o^ x

v u. auuire is «cnera. chairman of th(. Program Com

mittce.

ITHEY GIVE I;::; THEIR LIVES :

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^-"Graduate Admiiiislran tive School WAACP-

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p.,(. Pea Mointw* In > Aulil CofAuxiliary Vivian A. Mazyck of 11ck Nesbith St., Kinstree, S. C. is on

y-~tof b& Negro WAACa.graduateur from the Administrative Specialitit School of the Women's Army Au>

iliary Corps at First WAAC Trairst intr Center School here on Apre. 2. She is now at Fort Des Moincrfl awaiting: a job assignment.

Auxiliary Mazyek, whose gradis th<» WAAC- equivalent of Pri-vfit

\TT in, the Afmy, received her adminre stration training at one of thvv, downtown Des Moines hotels takem, over by the WAAC.h- In the Administrative Speciallyds fehool, she has been prepared fcc- Army and WAAC office and corr

pvmy administrative work.

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DOLINegro TeachersAwarded Fellowships

Sf'Vtrrt followshps" are beingawarded to Negro teachers in sou.thorn colleges and high schools ir

[ order that those teachers may ha\\^ra-rchancc to fibserv? and study tin, 'instructional materials and work_-ingprocedures in "two important

educational projects In other secu. ions of tht. country. The fellow

ships are awarded by the Generalj Kdueation Board. One group ot

teachers will participate in the Social Education Investigation at

[ St; nford University. A second

t ion* in the teaching of sci-'nccr known as the Natural -.Science IProjectatTeachers College, Colurn,bia University, New York CHy.

Both of tliese educatronr.l pro;jects involve research in highi school classrooms directed towarej dsicouvering and providing oppor.tunitie* for pupil* to understand

; J and contr/bute to the solution oi. problems of living which have imiportant social or sciences aspects

1'he investip'ntlhns center nramieproblems which pupils meet irtheir normal life in our present

1 society.At Stanford University, Dear

Grayson Kefauver is directing the

Mis tPittufc?fiSfilLOAN If -i '$>$&.} --i i i 'S:\ -

Tv~.1 f&S. ALLEN UNIV.- ALUMNUSCOMMISSIONED AtFORT BENNING

Fort Benning, Gn. (Special t

I Fred Harrison of Calhoun FallsSouth Carolina, was commissionea second lieutenant in the Arm

- aueeeasftd cormMet-ion of the-Offcer Candidate Corse at the Infar

--try School at Fort Benning-. Gi_ Lieutenant Harrison is the ad'opl

ed son of Mrs. Rosa Wiley, of Ca'houn Falls. He was inducted irto the Army August 26, 1942 an

\ served with the 1IIKTC, Fort M<Clellan, Alabama. He held thrank 6f corporal before being1 eor

missioned. Lieutenant Harrisowas (graduated from the higschool and the liberal arts1 cotfeg

rof Allen university. Hehonor student and participated i

- forensic? and athletics.8

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FROM PRIVATE TOi- TECHNICIAN 5TIf GRADEils J1 Camp Claiborne, La. (Special tfThf. l^lmetto leader).Jnmos P

e Lum, son of Mfc\ and Mrs." C. ILutn rrf.Charleston, fl.. O,.frrrr

e flie rank of private to that o

n Technician 5Ch grade haR beeunnounced by Brigadier GeneraJohn W. N. 'SThnht, commander o

^ I Thr jWrtmofton 6f Cdirporal LurContinued on Page 7

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lilltuc,umtua,-soufii carolina-.

LARrAmerican People Face

Treasury's 2nd Wa1 q nillinn hiilO LMIIIUII l/l

The Nation Dare NotFinancing Task in H

Their Lives.YouLi1'! " Washington, D. C..ComingIncome tax payments, the pt'acid test this month when the

11 drive ojaens April 12 with an ob

1: A substantial part of this hpendous ever undertaken by ajhistory, must be loaned by peoHigh Government officials have'f

pointed out that the nation must notfail in this duty to our men on thebattle fronts who arc now carrying jthe offensive to the enemy at every }

. stage, It is obvious to every thinking !man and woman that as the UnitedNations take this offensive against

j the dictators, the cost of war opera-(Ions Increases In proportion.

r~~ The American -people must no

longer think of war eosis in terms of, equipping a soldier, building a tank. or plane or a ship. We must now

think in terms of the cost of battles,invasions and new offensives.Attacking armies cost more moneythan -equipping that army and wemust meet that increased cost bybuying more War Bonds and SecondWar Loan Securities.

They Give Their Lives.It is not only necessary that the

' American people left here at homeJ assume this additional participation

war effort.it is an honor todo so . , . for wc hero at home can

|Uu nu less than attempt to approach =

the sacrifices df cur-brave men outoh the fighting fronts to whom thelast great measure of sacrifice is |but a daily offering. They give their 1lives:....; . we are asLecT only to \lend our money 1Andthat is the theme of'the Sec- ,

ond War Loan, "They Give TheirLives.'You Lend Your Money."Financial experts who know monojtary conditions in the nation point

out that at the present time there isill liquid funds, cash and eommer- '

cial bank deposits over and abovetaxes and present investment inGovernment Bonds, and oyer and J

j Social Science Investigation. AtColumbia University, Dr. R. E.Powers is directing the NaturalScience Project. Both projects consist of u group of cooperating highschooij- which have partivipurcd in

rHbe--projects for "seyui: l .vent's trtan effort to improve their classIroom offerings.

j The Secondary School Study.5 with headquarters-at Atlanta Umiversity and directed by W. A. Rob!inson, i-s sponsoring the fellowshipsof th(. South with the kinds of helpto Nopro t probers in connectionwith its efforts to provide schools

! they consider important to the! task of providing adequate otitic at--

ionalexperiences for southern Iy.nith.

Fellowships for St; nlord Uni_versity to bvgin on April first havp beengranted to B- A. Jones. BarIbrr Scotia College. Concord. N. C..Newell D. Kason, Shaw University.nuii'jgn. *n. v.. anu u. r,. ^ureton,

'> Hooker T. Washington High Schoolt in AtlantcrT.n. Fellowships in the, Columbia University project haveJ been granted to Dr. Jame3 Haz-|zard, Southern University, Seotvlandville. La., Dr. S. M. Nabrit, At-iv iantg.Lliuaerxvfey^Atlaiila, Cla., JilUl |'i, t JameA-JS'^BM-niciu..South -Crolina-lStateColiege. Ornngchtrry.-^.-C.

Several other awards are pending.

*n I)R. I.- A I£ Of Tampa, Fla., chairman o f

the executive hoard of the N-a-n tional Dental association, who isil calffrtft a sjlfec'iil rrf fhef hoifrd in Cleveland AptMl 17-Tfl fo

complete plena for the ,10th an-'nual convention scheduled for thojOhm City Auguat 9-IJ..ANF. !

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tla £Saturday,

2nd WAcid Test in Tr Loan To Raise *

!dlars in Three WeeksFail in This. Greatest ,!istory."They Give 1

cndYour MoneyJT 1os it does upon the heels of ^}|p of America will face an *

Treasury's Second War Loan *

rjcctiv.e of thirteen billion dolluge

financing, the most stu- tyy government in the world's i<pie in ordinary walks of life. s

above wluit can be bought this year11

because of restrictions and ration- 1ing approximately 40 billions lof dollars which should go into Gov- norninent Bonds.

pIt should be the objective of everyAmerican to invest these loose dol- ^lar.>. idle dollars, in Government se-curitics, not only from a patrioticstandpoint, but from the standpointof their own financial security.There is available during the Second 4

War Loan a type of Security to fit '

every pocketbook. n

Are Wild Dollars aEvery dollar est these"Torty billlorrr

vof dollars available, which is not investedin Government securities gduring this \V;ir Loan Drive is a"wild" dollar which, together witlifts ma'.es, will Tend to increase lnflaJlion. Uncontrolled inllation might);where the dollar is worthless. ItTmany after the last war when theprice of a" loaf of bread cost morethnn im nrwmil u'inra . .

Invested in Government securi-jtics, your dollar will work for you. Itwill hold down inflation because it isharnessed in war work; It will help.,,buy food, transportation,'munitions J~forrnir boys on the front lines and.it will be earning interest that, toyetherwith your original loan, willcome back to you later to help youbuy the things you cannot buy to^ay

. . to insuret your peace of thefuture. 1" Remember those boys out there

. . in Tunisia ... in the SouthPacific . . . They give their lives.You lend your money.

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HARDEN STREET I SO NEWS a

The final program in observance r

>f National Negro Health Weekwas held at the Taylor Street USD 1

m Su.nday,. April jl, and sponsor- Iwl jointly by the Harden St. ami 7Taylor St. Clubs. Dr. Robert WManef delivered a very timely adlresson Veneral Diseases. After «

listening to the many plain facts 1presented by Dr. Manee, everyonepresent should have felt an ftwak- 1.ning to the problem of venereal;-*ontrol in our community. Appear- 1

itig also as speaker was CaptainI. S. Harris, of Fort Jackson whochose the subject "Health, an Ard '.,to morale." Captain Harris told of A.the expert medical attention re- (eived by each man in the army jj\ Aery worthwhile observation r;made by- booth speakers was that ..

aside from the two USO Clubs, ((t orn u» viy iiua' is ueuig uunv |,by the community to providewholesome-recreation and relation.

(ships. This fact is directly relatedto the hi jrh rate of venereal diseasesamong soldiers and civilians. ]Miss Flossie Thompson, instructor

entertained the audiencewith a sTciTTfi:I vendition From fheworks of Brahms. Another refreshingsnot on the nrorram wasTKe~ singing of "Open The GateajTo the Temple" by Mrs. Louise jRollerson who \vr.f> accompaniedby Mrs. M'ai-y Russet,Sunday, April 18, is Vesper Sun-

day and ^Chaplain R. S. Perkins ot tthe Air Bits* will he the speaker.

Tht> Weekly Bingo party sponsoredby the Deltu Sorority js attract-ing many more girls and spldrers jeach week. This fact can be attri- |bated to the great amount of funthat is had and the element ofsurprise attached to thd'Lnpvolprison j_A very catch quiz program is !

planned for Friday of this week 'with many grand prizes, possibly »

the best of alT being a long (lis-tance calh An evening of enjoy-ment is expected. i ,

Program for the week of Aprill!>-25: Mondav-^Art C1*SS_JLL7:36, dancing and whist at 8:30.Tuesday.BingO at 8:00, dnhcing.\Ved ne s<lay.Mus ic and games.Thursday.Soldiers' wives night.Friday.Quiz program. Saturdayflames, qnitet and active. Sunday.Vesper program at G:00, ChaplainIt. S. Perkins, speaker.The CoffeeHouy folIoWs if 0:86.

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HI\NP News ShortsReleased Wednesday April II

New York.Migycslion that 11

r.alifieil N eg ro be given cons libration for the .chairmanship olhe FKrC was made in a kttojate Apiil 8. to -Manpower ezai>-int V M..v.,n r o.». v.» i vtn urn v ui l

lournc. well-known New YorlCt-trio newspaperman. Bourntont the letter to McNutt followtig revcUitum that Oscar Chapi:in.aysistarr-^ereary of tlv hio'lior, had refused an offer of the'KPC chairmanship. The letteiuji'yesteel that apparent confinetent of the- .search for a chairniaihus far to members of the whit<ace could be viewed as discriniiatory in itself; further expressd the opinion that a qualified Noto could function in th,. positiers well as anyoiie__else.

New York.Political. reHprrtmnd trade union leaders of thehitis'h West Indian island of Jataica. have joined hi uiiuninioti:pproval of the^proposals lor contitutional reform of th^ island';overnment and letrislatiVre aeeori

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Above r.re shown two of the pr<I Riunpton msTitut'e last week,nd Commencement wonts at tbresident of Howard university, i

nlaureate address in Memorial i

1. Wesley. President of Wiih. rfoIrd annual Commenoement oxerci

7unerai Directors\nd Embalmers ri oMeet at GeorgetownThe.Colored Funcr;. 1 Directorsnd Embalmers Association o 1South Carolina -will he held i- 1

Jeorgetown, S. C.. May 11-12th043. All Funeral Directors amJmbalmers are asked to make iiops ible to attend this meeting'onie to Georgetown. Make thi:( nvt rtioiv- a big success.

A. P. WIl.LIAMF. Pres..MRS. JOIINIE M. ROBINSOX

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KahHjh, N. C..Miss Theodora df R. Boyd, professor of French at a

j^St". Augustine's college, has been ] s

awarded the doctor of philosophy j n

degree bv Kadcliffe college. l)r. jBoyd's TtejjTTv \v;is earned in tfieTodepartment of romance languages s

' where she won unusual distinction ink e-

as a r rench scholar. I^ast yeatshe wfts awarded the coveted Rebecca' A. Creen fellowship for ti

study in French, in spite of the rfact that sh,. had practically com- tpie-ted the work t*<»i* tit: I'll. 1). dc- v

"j greo be!or,, that time. Dr. Boyd thad previously won both the bach- t

U-lor's and the master's degrees /from Radclitfe. While an under- i;graduate Dr. Bovd mad,, a distin- rgi ished record as an athlete, fes- p1 peerally in archery. For the past hseveral years she has -jmpervTsed-Hworn.*n's physical education and |i

"j hit: :.-iv.in al athletics at St. A u- j v

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* Miami. Fia..'Sam B. Solompn.dynamic atul civic minded leader'

< of a possihie fiO.OOo Xogroes- in j o] I pi-eater Miami. Saturday qualified p

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mlmeminent' visitt>vs scheduled to appear 1

l'or the Seventy-fifth Anniversary f10 college. Dr.* Mordecal Johnson. *as tn deliver the Anniversary-Bae- s

hurch-on Sunday, and Dr. Charles c'

rce university. ..was,jlo speak..at-4.be* ~0ses of the college Monday afternoon. ( 1'

.USDA PHOTO BY M'TZKO j.Hit Tff.AND COI NTY.TOM. T"iiM ITTEE ON JXTKKR ACIAL ia1 !COOPERATION TO HOLD\PR1I, MKKTINC. Tl'KSDAY

! I lir The April meeting of the Rich- l, land County on Interracial Coop- ,,elation will hold its April meetjin j* on Tuesday afternoon at fivet, -'clock in the auditorium of the 1

Nurses * Home of the (Columbia r

^ hospital, announces Dr. J. Hey- ^ward Gibbes, chairman. Innnor- i.trtnt matters will he discussed and

, all interested arc urged to at- c" tend. -v

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)RIVE-' 1

s a candidate in the rae.e for cityommrssioner.in Miami.- paidlis Si00 fee Monday. This is theirst tinve in the history of Flovi- *lathat a N'^aro has qualified as'candidate for the city commis-

ron7 In so doing Solomon hasundo a step forward in tryingustify tht. necessity for Negroesf Miami to have sincere "repre"entation in the nnmicrpaL-gov^m-.nent of this eity.

Brooklyn.The School for Denocracvhas inelmled in its <?«riculum a eours0 "Life and Culureof the Negro People." Itnil survey the Negro peopItTTromheir African background throughlie various periods of their life intmerica to the present day. Speculattention will be paid to theole of the Negro people in theresent war and the relationship>eiween full freedom for them in

i t ssed people throughout the e,

LOi Id. Gwendolyn Bennett andharles Collins will conduct theourso.

Washington . The resignation .

fSamuel B. Bledsoe from the d6-artnient of agriculture removes r

ne of the Negro best friendsmm a most "iTiiportarfE departlent.For merely serving underornier secretary Wallace a s chief* =f th0 press servive. Mr. Bledsoefcame wrr assistant Secretary' urterWiekard. He Wfis in chargef the agricultural programlected with the war. He leaveso enter the field of private busiiess.London, England.""Mud? I Hke

.o-soprano who now wears the^

due uniform of the American Red'noes. She doesn't mind splaBh- Ving through knee-deep mud to ^

each an isolated station and singJegro spirituals t0 the soldiere.Irs. Sims, who works under the.lircctioa Dwight- D.Winvan, direcorof Red Cross entertainment inBritain, comes from Jacksonville,Florida, and is proud of being a

outhernev. Most successful conertin Britain), in the singer'spinion, was given.the day ..a h eeft a snug Red Cross club wearnga pair of G. I. boots borrowdfrom a soldier, and journeyedniles into the hinterland to given open air concert,

Hollywood.Upon the return oflis attorney, the noted Jerry Geisprlast week, Bill Robinson, interistionallyfamous "king of dancrs,"declared that he was readyo sue over a story that appearedn several publications a wedk a:o.The story wa8 to the effecthat his all-colored starring vehile.Fox's "Stormy Weather,"could be remada to exclude himrom a romantic.role oppositeiuui.Home..Highly.indignantner the article, and which thet u d iy also.'hurried to contradicto- thr Associated N'egrn Rress,lill had declared that he wouldnter suit for damtfg?8 up to>100.000 as soon as Geisler, whocas out of town, returned. Incilentally,this attorney is the mancho forced Jlollywood legion stalimiito break its 18 yeaf color>av, and who more recently haduccessfully defended movie star^frol Flynn r gainst alledgelyrttmpod-up rape charges.

Nashville, Tenr>..Indignant N»«rroand white leader* here are

>perating to prevent the recurrenceof stich a disturbance- as

:ook place in this city lastlay night when a white miliary^oliceihan attempted to arrest a

irunken Negro ^oldier in the Manhat tan cafe. WTidii tSi^ JidAierresisted arrest the MiP gufimwaiflaid of r>thhr nlBcei'rt, whftfc ao«t»-^one sent fn a. rh>t call to poj)<^headquarters: "In view of the faotthat the disturbance ocetimad Onthe eve of election the colored dcitizens here fefel that theft