The Oklahoma Eagle (Tulsa, Okla.), Vol. 24, No. 26, Ed. 1 Saturday, February 1, 1941 Page: 1 of 8
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Youth Council Aid
In Youth And
Democracy Rally
Kahn’s Store
Has New Manager
Say Nazi Leader
Is Hiding in U. S.
Mrs. Florence Kerr
To Address OANT
Gets Sentence in
Oilton Shooting
Committee Meeting
Tonight (Thurs.)
used
roll
Four Negroes
Summoned for
Jury Duty
Gibson
Holli-
with
who
variance
hospital
refused
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OKLAHOMA CITY—Conven-
Associa-
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(thr (Oklahoma Eagle
“WE MAKE AMERICA BETTER WHEN WE AID OUR PEOPLE’’
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Those to whom summons were
1510 N.
municipal
Kerr is
10:30 a.
State Chamber of
Of Commerce Meet
In Boley Feb. 1st
Greenwood Chamber
Of Commerce
Endorses Negro
Directory
Peninsula and the
not mention the
Mr. Raymond Wiliams, 3940 S.
Louis, was rushed to St. John’s
Hospital Tuesday morning when
he became suddenly ill from an
attack of acute appendicitis.
Interracial Comm,
worked Receives Gift of
$365.21
at the back of his neck and was, torin coordinating
three inches deep.
skin,
num-
four
three
Municipal Hospital No. 2. »« Trail hip
hPine Street, which has[‘n”rt * HIUIW
For Dr. F. M. Payne
enough to insert a human hand ready to sacrifice Hitler in ord-
and the backbone was exposed
when Vaughn was brought to the
hospital.
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comrrzinity who are unable to pay
for legal service.
The lawyers will be in me clin
ic on Thursday evening at 7:30
and will remain for one hour tn
give advice on any problem; con
fronting the citizens of Tulsa.
Persons who are in position to
nay for such services will not be
given free advice and are asked
to see their lawyers In their pri-
vate offices according to Primo*
C. Wade, regional directoP*-Lf
the National Bar Association.
Lavd:'ers giving service aside
from Lawyer Wade are Lawyer
Amos T. Hall and Lawyer B. C.
Franklin.
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subject of a stornf po-1
litWl controversy for the past
Several weeks, was given anoth-1
e.- superintendent this week to
take charge Feb. 1st. Dr. R. W
Motley, who was fired last June
from the position of county doc-
tor because he advertised “vole
ftiiiLHt democratic tkfcctl has
been named the assistant county
pltysician and In temporary
charge of the hospital while Mrs.
E. M. Bush will take care of the
fiscal affairs.
Commissioner Shepherd sug-
gested placing Dr. J. J. Billing-
ston in charge but Lincoln Sallee
Bid not agree U> that, but they
WASHINGTON (TYP)— The
State Department issued an of-
■Icial pres;« uwnmurique today
The big little store at
First, with so matg.* I
BOLEY. Okla.—The meeting
of the State Negro Chamber of
Commerce which was scheduled
to meet here Saturday. Jan. 25th,
was postponed until today (Jan.
1st) because of a call meeting of
the board of directors of the Uni-
versal Life Insurance Company.
Memphis, Tenn., of which Geo
R. Ragland. State Executive Se-
cretary of the Chamber, is
member and had to attend.
The object c. — --------
We wish to state that it
was Jesse McLeod and not
Wallace McLeod, as was slat-
ed in Jan. 35th issue of the
Eagle, who was involved in
the misdemeanor at the Girls'
Receiving Home on North
Peoria.
Mrs. Frances Don Smith
was i
Payne.
Dr. Paynes was recently indict-
ed by a grand jury charged with I
approving falsified salary claims
of Dolman Harbin. The charge
was dismissed when Dr. Payne ■
resigned as head of the hospital.
The committee which was
formed at the NAACP mass meet-
ing Sunday afternoon to promote
The great Marian Anderson
will appear here in concert next
Wednesday night. Feb. 5th after
. a season fraught with one of the
most unusual and highly publi-
cized controversies in the annate
of this country.
Barred by the
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Jap Official Spots U.
S. Ships at Burma
Port
ing at Wesley Chapel M. E.
Church, tonight (Thursday) at 8
o’cock. All persons on the com-
ir ittec are urged to be present.
Joe Oliver, age about 80 years,1
was found dead in his room at
432 E. King Street. Tuesday night.
When officers White and Beriy
arirved aft*r receiving the cal) at
6:40 the body was still warm but
when a physician arrived a few
minutes later he was pronounced
dead of heart failure.
He was owner of the residence
but rented the front part of th<
house out to a family named
Hayes. ,
Only known relative is Joe
Bates whom he recognized as a
step son-in-law.
claim him as one of
speakers in the United
Professor Thurman is
tionally known as a
Tn the news is a most signifi-
cant statement to the effect that
Owen Williams, a Negro cook,
in the North Texas Teachers
College at Denton. Texas, speaks
French fluently and commits to
memory Shakespeare artX the.
standard. Williams although a|
cook by profession, is a college
graduate, but like thousands of
Negroes of equal ability has
been compelled to forego his col-
lege ambition because of. econ-
omic conditions.
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fire after having been indicted by
a grand jury. Dr. Bowser
mediately resigned.
Dr. Payne's resignation
comes elective Feb. 1st.
decided.
Rules for the selection of men
for the new training are set up
by the federal government and
wil be the same as those govern-
ing other phases of the Defense
Program. The cost of instruction
will be paid by the federal gov-
ernment. Frank B. Wilson, of
the
School will be the co-ordinator
princiual ports of British Bur-
ma, is filled with United States
and British ships loaded
I war materials. t±~“"
I had just returned from a three-
1 months’ tri pthrough the Malay
"vol 24 NO 26 TULSA, OKLAHOMA. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY I, 1941
DR. MOTLEY HEADS MUNICIPAL HOSPITAL
HUNDREDS ATTEND NAACP ~
MASS MEETING SUNDAY
Atty. Rowan Says, “Negro’s Place
In National D e f e n se Is That
Of An American Citizen
Unnecessary mis-under-
standing can be avoided by
correct reporting of the facta.
Dr. F. Melvin Payne Is re-
ported in your paper as say-
ing that I am at
with him on the
matter because "he
break hospital rules to allow
me to see a patient.-'
Since the only time I have
visited the Municipal hos-
pital. which was on Decrm ■
her 13, was to Inquire Inta
the circumstances of the
death of a young mother.
Mrs. Ruth Chadwlek. who
had died tn chUd birth the
week before. It is apparent
that 1 could not have come
asking to “Me" the patient.
Dr. Payne offered to and did
take ns through the hoapltal.
Miss Amy Comstock
(Last week’s releas*
ried the date of the concert
as Feb. 6th. for which we;
apologize. The date is def-
initely Feb. 5th.>
■NEGROES SHOULD MARCH ON
WASHINGTON.' SAYS RANDOLPH
Among the two-hundred Tulsa
Tha ma-i county tax payers called for Re-
Edward
_ Widemon.
fjarl Smith. Arthur Edward Price.
Robert Lee Smith, Herman Chas
Tucker.
Winifred
Shannon.
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board
and
budget is needed,'
iects Administration contention
managers announced yesterday.
The convention will be held in
the Oklahoma CitF
auditorium and Mrs.
scheduled to speak at
m.
This will be the first of a se-
HAMPTON INSTITUTE. (TYlries of addresses Mrs. Kerr will
P.)—It was announced here to- liver during a two-day stay in
Mc| Oklahoma, her first visit to the
She will address a state-
wide mass meeting Friday in the
i City Shrine Auditori-
Her remarks will
be devoted to home defera..- ac-
tivities. This meeting is spon-
man THEY fired last June.
Assistant County Attorney
John Conwit proposed that the
hospital go back to ht city. He ,
also pointed out the illegality:
which has been practiced in the
hospital set up for the past five
years, in that it is unlawful for
the Municipal Hospital to
ceive private patients
five year governing
cancel appropriations
prove a new
he said.
Dr. E. E. Bowser was named
sup< rintendent of the hospital a
week ago when Dr. F. M. Pu ne
resigned, because of being under
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im- i that Isamu Ishikawa a Japanese
Foreign Office official, said that
be- I the Port of Rangoon, one of the
the
Strasser has assumed in the yees, day were four Negroes.
The term will begin Feb 10th
with Judge Oras A. Shaw hear-
Francis Egbert Chandler, Velton
Donald Brown, Morris Tom Page.
Charles Pulley. Judson Roland
Edwards
Commodore
Jesse Joseph
Green-
Commerce
Jackson
Scott of
a "Tulsa
Directory" project
assumes responsi-
endorse-
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of the meeting is involvement in Oilton
to formulate plans for the meet-
ing which is to be held in Tulsa |
at an earlv date.
Some of lhe things to be dis-
cussed by the executiv comn.it- I
tee are as follows:
(1) The part Oklahoma Ne-
groes will pl<y *n *he de- i
> fense program of their coun-
try.
(2) The coordination of busi-
ness, education and agricul-
ture.
(3) The forming of a policy and
perfect a committee for the
operation of the State Negro
Chamber of Commerce for .
See CHAMBER COMMERCE
(Continued on Pare 3)
ARMY CALLS 23 MORE
3 NEGROES FROM GREEWOOD
Free Legal Clinic
Opens
Negro lawyers of the Green-
wood urea, assisted by the Tulsn
Bar Association of which they
are a member, have opened a
free leg®1 clinic al Booker Wash-
ington High School, and will
give advice to all persons of the; Commits
Shakespeare
To Memory
Indies, did
destination of
the vessels, but Japaese officials
concluded that the materiala
were for the Chinese govern-
ment.
Daughters of
the American Revolution on ra-
cial grounds from singing in
Constitution Hall in Washing-
, ton, honored by the First Lady
who promptly resigned from the
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ing stitched together again at the
Hillman hospital.
The wound, incurred when a
di'nWing party broke up in a
Defense Program,
word received1 tl|s wfeek fron.
Dr. J. C. Wright, assistant com-
| missioner of education, Washing-
ton, D. C.
The appropriation is the first
received in St. Louis for the pur-
chase of any machinery and has
been granted at the insistence of
Assistant Superintendent F. J.
Jeffrey who has carried on a vi- j
in protest aga’jnst
gorous campaign with the Mis- ju un.^encan behavious. Miss
Anderson entered the interation-
al spotlight when, with the sup-
‘ port of the United States Gov-
a free con-
lifc
y.'
The Tulsa draft board receiv-
ed a call this week for 23 Ne-
groes ds 'replacements’ for in-
duction on Friday. Thirty names
names have been selected for
board nos 1 ond 23. replacements
wil be drafted from the list.
They are as follows:
Rubin Samuel Thomas. Donald
Kenneth Ross, Alvin Phelix Me-
triyer, Jay Jackson, Melvin Shaw,
The Tulsa NAACP Youth p
Council and other interested I
youth groups have been nvited Q
to help in the plan ig of the
Youth and Democracy Rally to
be htld February 27th in the
Convention Hall. The purpose
of the rally is to rally th« youth
of the city to the true meaning
and practice of democracy. Last
year, Negro youth were exclud-
ed. The Youth Council vigor-,
ously protested in aq much as;
Negroes are citizens in this de-.’-*
mocracy as others and should . • Qphnols
have been invited. This year1 L<OUtS 3CI1OUIN
Negro youth have not only been; , ».« f
invited but have the chance to1 4>1W,VVV I Or
secure an outstanding Jegro MfirhinurV
speaker as the chief speaker for
the occasion. ST.'LOUIS, MCT—The St. Louif
I public schools have just received
- federal grant of $10,000 for the
r to be
of the! *n ’rai”in< Negroes for the
Howard D*lense Program, according to i
D. C.
souri department of education
and the U. S. office of education
to secure the money.
Equipment to be purchased ernment, she gave
will be for training in air-ham- cert on the steps of the Lincoln
rr.er chipping, arc welding, acety Memorial
lene welding, sheetmetal layout
and templet work. The location pren.e Court
of the machinery has not been scores of Senators
Chappellr. Whitfield
James H«nry Dotson.
Thompson. Reuben
Woodrow Harris.
Harvey Eugene Smith, Robert
Tyrone Wall, Lee John Oliver,
Vernon Jack Davis, William B.
Armstead, Alex Wilson
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bargains,
which formerly did business und-
er the name Kahn’s has become
now the American Sales Com-
pany. and the new manager. Mr
Ben Hirsch. from St. Louis, Mo.,
is inviting all old customers and
news ones to come and gc. ac-
q m" for a number of Labor Leader Declares National Defense
years has been connected with Set-up Stinks With Discrimination
'Utetandir* business firms and| q
Negroes are not getting anywhere with National De-
fense. The whole National Defense set up reeks and stinks
with race prejudice, hatred, and discrimination.
to his' It is obvious to anyone w ho is not deaf, dumb and blind
be' that the South with its attitude, of Negroid inferior-
The store will continue to do ity. he is worthless, and just simply don’t count, b in the
saddle. It is a matter of
common knowledge that lhe
army, navy and air corps arc
dominated and virtually con-
trolled by southerners.
But the southerners are not g-
lone responsible for the fact that
One of the largest mass meet-
ings in the history of Tulsa was
slponsored SundiU afteni.>on at
3 o’clock by the NAACP, when
several thousand Negroes as
sembled at the First Baptist
Church, 902 E. Archer Street, to |
discuss the Negro and the Na-
tional Defense Program and to
map a program that would aid
Negroes in getting their share of
job's in the $101X10.000 bomber
assembly plant to be erected
i here.
Attorney Amos T. Hall, chair-
man of the meeting, introduced
Mr. J. T. A. West .Chairman ot
the Negro Welfare Committee,
who spoke on "The Negro’s Place
in the National Defense” Mr.
West told the enthusiastic audi-
ence that the Negro deserves a
share ni any and al) employment
that the nation has to offer. He
cited many defense programs
over the nation where Negroes
1 have been given jobs, and stat-!
See MARS MEETING
(Continued on Pate 2)
in Washington, which
was attended IV cabinet and Su-
preme Court members, and
i and other high
i government officials.
It was the first time such hon-
i or and nationwide interest had
been focussed upon a concert
singer in this country, and Miss
Anderson received them with
her characteristic poise and ma-
jesty.
__ | Immediately after smoke of
Washington Technical High the controversy had died down.
SAPULPA. Okla.—FletcherEv-
ans was sentenced to one year in
the penitentiary Monday for the
shooting
case last August in which Jean
Cofee, 27 year-old Asher girl was
killed, art police tc’Zel H«n
Cark, Oilton, wounded.
Two other men are serving life
terms in the case.
White YowUi Want Hrofessor
Howard Th urman ,.
White youth were enthusiastic, a ,* - -
.u - L ‘ purchase of machinery
in their desire to secure Frorex-,
_. . .. I uord m training Netfroe
sor Howard Thurman
School of Religion at
University, Washington.
I Many of them have heard him!
| throughout the country and pro-
the best
States,
interna-
speaker,
teacher, minister and world tra-
veler. He has the distinction of
speaking to many students in the
leading universities such Yale.
Chicago. Colgae and many oth-
ers together with numerous col-
leges and religious gatherings.
For one year, Professor Thur-
man and his wife. Susie BailU'
Thurman were resident teach-
ers in one of the univefsities in
India. Tulsans remember the in-
teresting exhibit from India and
lecture by Mrs. Thurman which
was sponsored by the Delta Sig-
ma Theta Sorority. If Tulsa is
able to secure him they will
have the privilege of hearing a
great speaker.
First TVouth Bulletin Published
The first youth bulletin has
been published by the Youth
Council. In it are listed the
past and present activities of
the council together with a list
ot some of its members. Future
bulletins will record the com-
mendable achievements of Tul-
sa's youth. The council meets
regularly at the YWCA, satur-.
dwy night, at 8:30—Join it.
with
and
comes to the American Sales Co..
Tulsa, with a rich experience- in
the business world.
He is congenial, easy to ap-
proach and is alwai's ready to
render personal
many customers when
comes necessary
Negroes are being brutally push-
ed around The North. East and
West »re also to blame, because
they wink, connive at and ac-
quiesce in this practice of dis-
SM RANMin
(Coatiaueil <■ Page 2)
business at the same address and
will continue to offer the most
outstanding values in grade A
merchandise.
Read their ad in today's Eagle
and go in for your famil’ needs
They can outfit the family at most
anvazing prices. M g. a
Dr. Vincint Schelleci
tor an hour and a half on the!
victim, producing the most ex-
tensive stitching job in recent
history. He had to stitch every |
muscle, then the outside
He couldn't estimate the
ber of sutures, but
rolls of catgut, each
feet long.
the Negro contralto was invited
by Mrs. Roosevelt to sing at the
White House before the
and Queen of England.
Honors have followed honors
in the recent career of this great
singer. She has recently been
awarded a Doctorate of Music by
Howard University and the
Spingam Medal.
As a counterpoint to this swell
of popularity is the everpresent
magnificence of Miss Anderson’s
voice to which critics every-
where have paid unending deep
homage. Without question, here
is the greatest personality that
his appeared in the field of mu-
sic within memory of the pres-
ent age.
At a meeting of the
wood Chamber of I
j Friday n’.ght. at the
Funeral Home, T P.
Muskogee, presented
Negro City
| in which he
bility and asked the
ment of the chamber.
The group endorsed Mr. Scott's
plan and agreed to distribute the
directories when they are off
the press.
Other plans discusrad were:
Re-zoning the Greenwood area,
and closing the non-essential
alleys, both of which were in-
troduced it' E L. Goodwin,
publisher of the Oklahoma Ea-
gle.
A meeting will be held Friday
night, Jan. 31. at which tame a
further discussion and plans will
be made for the above, and a
membership drive will be map-
ped. it was stated by Dr. L. H.
; Williams, president.
NEW YORK (TYP)—Veiled!
in deepest secrecy is the where-
abouts of Nazi Otto Strasser |
since he slipped into Burmudal
enAiute to the UYiited. States. I
according to a press dispatch |
wired to TYP. News Syndicate’s^
| editorial offices he^e.
gazine FRIDAY, in its
isstfe, reveals the importance , term of the district cour Satur-
I bu nan aaswiiswNA **• ms*.
of powerful appeaer and Facist
groups. '
Strasser, estranged Nazi lead- ing the criminal docket.
1 er. who thinks he is a better Fa-
BlRMlNGHAiM, Ain.—Although; cist than Hitler, fled Germany sent were Joe Gainer,
his head was nearly severed from. I well in advance of the famous! Greenwood Street. J. W. Frazier,
.his body d - an opponent who: blood purge in which his brother 1104 E. Independent. John Chris-
stuck a knife in his neck below George was killed. Even at that tian. 1140 E. Pine Street. J. T.
his right ear and walked around time, his secret Black Front and Dunn, 425 E Oklahoma Street,
behind him. Nathan Vaughn. 27. its wide-spread es-pionage >■*-
w;>< reported this week to be tern was already firmly entrench
“doing swell” and has an excel-led. Oddly enough, it is said
lent chance to recover after be- that Strasser is here to obtain
stronger backing from U. S. Fa-
scists and appeasers. FRIDAY'S
exclusive article points out that | tion of the Oklahoma
Stifasser, aeponZng to thoe in tion of Negro Teachers. Feb. 7th,
fights, extended from ear to ear, the know, may be the key fac- j will be addressed by Mrs Flor-
1 day that Dr. Malcolm S.
| Lean, president of Hampton In- state,
statute, has presented a check of t.~----
$365 21 to the Virginia State In-[Oklahoma
terracial Commission This gift um at 8 p. m.
was made possible by individ-
ual contributions from the stu-
dent body, faculty, administra- sored by American Legion Posts
tion. staff, trustees, and friends 13 of Capitol Hill and 35 of Ok-
of the school. lahoma City.
Mrs. Bush Named Treasurer aged man
Will Take Charge Feb. 1st
When it rains it pours ... Dr.
F. M. Pa»-ne, superintendent of
the Municipal Hospital was nam-
ed in a suit’filed in district court
this week by Mrs. Hannah Mc-
Knight, asking $25,000 amages.
Mrs. McKnighl states in her
petition that she went to the hos-
pia! on Angus 2 for treatment of
a fracured arm but did not get
attention until the next night and
he following day he arm was am-
putatid.
Others named in the suit are
. Dr. Sissler of Mercy Hospital and
2.*!!'.’?? .°n Pr .•* ' '* ' 16® County Commissioners who
named as employers of Dr. I employment in the national de-
ie. j fense program, will hold a meet-
HEAD NEARLY
car- SEVERED FROM
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it
British and; ence Kerr, as ( slant national
It was large! German Fascists who might be commissioner of the Work Pro-
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