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* « %1M Friday, March 8. 1846 fi Pag« Seren PORTLAND INQUIRER SALEM OREGON SPECIAL STERN TEACHER This marks the first time that a Negro has been admitted to the attorney general’s office in Cali fornia. Miss Murray, a graduate of Howard University Law school and winner of a Rosenwald fel lowship, 1944-45, recently receiv ed the master of laws degree from Bealth Hall of Law, Uni versity of California. She was admitted to the California bar in December. Oliver E. Smith filed his can didacy for State Representative from Multnomah County (5th District). Mr. Smith, a former candidate in 1944, polled 14,885 votes in the Primaries of that year, and placed 14th on the Democratic choice for the post. He is on the executive boards of the N.A.A.C.P. and the Urban League and the secretary of the Progressive Democratic Club, aside being a member of the Ex ecutive Committee of Multnomah County Democratic Central Com mittee. Formerly of Longview, Washington, Mr. Smith is mar ried and lives in South Portland at 3411 S. W. First Ave. Mrs. Smith is the former Miss Alise Evans. Recently he opened his Notary Public office on Williams Avenue at McMillan where he has rendered much advice and consultation to the public. Negro victims of infantile pa ralysis at Tuskegee Institute have received more than $850,000 dur ing the past five years announced Basil O’Connor, president of the National Foundation for Infan tile Paralysis. The Tuskegee Paralysis center is the main hos pital for treatment of Negro pol iomyelitis' patients and training of Negro physicians and nurses in the care of polio patients. (Continued from page 3) genheim Memorial fellowship and more recently collaborated with Arna Bontempts on “St. Louis Woman.” Two Georgians were named by Gov. Ellis Arnall to represent the stat; in Philadelphia when representative: from over the na tion assembled to celebrate Na. tional Freedom day. The dele gates chosen were C. A. Scott, editor and general manager of the Atlanta Daily World, and A. T. Walden, attorney and presi dent of the Georgia Association of Citizens’ Democratic Clubs. Dr. Charles Drew, doted for his development of blood plasma, and professoi of medicine at Howard University, was elected a vied president of the American-Soviet Medical society at its second an nual meeting in Philadelphia. The only other Negro delegate at the conference was Dr. J. Leon idas Leach, of Flint, Michigan, staff upon recommendation by who represented the Michigan the hospital’s executive commit chapter of the society and who tee. A native of Birmingham, Dr. nominated Dr. Drew. McCarroll is a graduate of Tal ladega college, Fisk University, The nation’s first Negro win Columbia University, and the ner of the Legion of Merit is 1st Woman’s Medical college in Phila Sgt. Jerry B. Davis, of Macon, delphia. Ga., who won the rare honor for A V A I L A B L E for Radios Vacuum Cleaners Electric Fans Electric Heaters Aluminum Cooking Utensils Electric Iront Electric Roaster« Electric M iseri Waffle Baker« Silverware Carpet Sweepers Electric Shavers Infra-Red Health Lamps Electric Heating Pads Electric Cookers Christmas Tree Lights complete Pressure Cookers Send t o Stamp far Illustrated Pricelist JOSEPH WINKLER & CO. A T I N . CLASH SIR KIT CHICAGO 1 0 . ILLINOIS ■------------------------------- Courtesy Appreciate America. I q a 14 KT. SOLID GOLD Va., approached the Rev. A. Pow dent Truman instructed Gen. < X r '• V ' \ " ,• $ 1 4 . 95 ell Davies, white minister of All Bradley against and discrimina 2 0 % t a x in clu d e d heroism while serving with the 92nd division in Italy. During the battle for Pisa in August, 1945, he raced across a shell-swept open area to get food for isolated artillery group which had been pinned down to their position be cause of the intense enemy fire. On his return, a piece of shapnel weighing two ounces which had “passed through a can of gasoline and was red hot” shattered his left arm, cracked three ribs, frac tured his spine and caused in ternal injuries. He underwent a An American Japanese war vet four and half hour operation and eran, who wore nine decorations has been to eight army hospitals on his battle jacket, including since. the bronze and silver star, was rudely chased from a white bar Yeshiva University’s sports pro bershop in Portland, Oregon re gram wtU inelude Negro colleges cently. The soldier was question in the future. Yeshiva is a Jew ed with “Are you a Jap?" The ish school and is located in New reply was, “What do you mean, York. a Jap? I’m an American.” Where upon the barber ordered him to The current volume of “Amer leave. ican men in science" lists 28 Ne The incident was reported by gro teachers of chemistry, accord Capt. Sheldon E. Laurence, white, ing to a rtlase by the general who was in the at the time. His board of education of the Meth comment was, “Only very small odist church, in Nashville. Twen groups of ‘patriotic citizens’ have ty-one of the number have a- failed to learn a lesson from the chieved the doctorate and seven greatest of military and econom hald the master’s degree. ic struggles— perhaps millions *of returning veterans will help Princeton university has admit them.” ted the first Negro to its under Negro education and welfare received three grants from the Carnegie corporation during 1944 and 1945, according to Devereaux C. Joseph, president. The founda tion gave $25,000 to the United Negro College fund; $25,000 to the Boy Scouts of America, “for provision of camping facilities for Negro scouts in southwestern states on a cooperative basis with Dr. E. Mae McCarroll is the communities,” and $5,000 to the first Negro member of Newark, National Urban league. New Jersey’s hospital medical I MME D I A T E D E L I V E R Y ! GENUINE D IA M O N D S Souls Unitarian church following an address to the D. C. League of Women voters on minorities with the following question: “Reverend, I am Mrs. ------------ from Roanoke and I want to know one thing. You said that we must all get closer but do you let niggers in your church?” His reply was, “Madam, all peo ple are welcome in my church. As a matter of fact, several col ored worshippers attend regular ly. Why dit you ask?" "Well, hbw do the white mem bers feel about this?” she per sisted “Some of them don’t like it of course, but they are free to trans fer their membership elsewhere.” The lady turned away half-sur prised but with a look on her face that seemed to say, “I just wanted to know if you practice what you preach.” Diamond Dinner Ring) tax ) __________________ T h e Tttig a n y w om an w il I be proud to w ear. 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Wives! $13.95 (In c . 2 0 % The enlistment of Negroes in the army up to December 1 reach ed 37,343, which amounts to more than 14 per cent of total enlist ments in the post-war regular army. _ Russian sports writers report that American Negroes are among the world’s top-ranking sports OPTOMETRIST figures. Instead of being discrim B o o m 306----P E A R S O N R E D O inated against, America should P o rtla n d , O regon P h on e— A T w a te r 5808 push them forward for the glory of the nation. An invitation from Virginia to be host to the United Nations FUR MANUFACTURER organization was rejected in Lon offers don, England, because of Virgin ia’s jim crow law. A 10,500 acre GENUINE FUR C O A TS site at Williamsburg was refused JACKETS & CHUBBIES as permanent headquarters of the Brand New UNO btcause of the law. The 1946 Fashions . . . Large ¡¡election Negro doctors may now make preamble of the UNO charter spe I Dyed Coneys. 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