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Oi S. Already Has Plans ! for! ' rd Soldiers If War Breaks Out LABO$ battalion ;} t . IS RECOGNIZED Washington, Sept. 14 (ANP) *‘M” day for the man on the St. white and black is ominous day for it means the cay that the United Slates calls it citizens into war. And “51 day” plans pre ail cart fully wmkr-d out and ready to be* put into execu tion the day the Unite;! Stales finds itself involved in a war. i Right now, there is a determined effort being made to keep the - the U. S. out of war but whether this is posa ble, no one known. ’ And of e peeial importance to Negroes are the orders which ai I I r<ady have gone forth and are i | tho hand< tof reserve officers of I tho army. I)effnite' In their in 1 rtructions, they reveal, according i , to some who hive received in i struetions, that the 428 h regim -nt ! compose 1 entirely of off errs in j tho adjacent district to Wa hing ! tor. and .nearby ’■rates, are to re I po^-t immediately to designated ! awns upon receiving not ce that | war has been declared. There they are to en'er an in j lonisvo training period of CO day to fit them for the new methods j f modern warfare.and to instruct i h'-m In tb> ‘prtser.t arrangement l if tho army unit-<, So far differ : ent aro they from the old order, i I • • ■it will rejuire at least two montris for the instruction of offices tit fumi! arize themselves with the alignment. At the time their training per iod is ended, there will be one million it; ;i in camp for instruc tion ami training. An official bulletin reads: "An nmy of almost 1,000,000 men ul,l be drafted within 90 days if a war develop'd invfloving the Unite:? Ft-.te , under plans devel oped by military authorities in rnntc ion wt| the National Pe <;use program. ‘‘The plan was drafted by tjic jhiut army and navy selective ser • ice co r mittee, which ejtimaWU that tljero|are » ah|Ut 4h,Of,000 male; bfph'cfn is »ru|64 yfckrf^old !>t whom about “26,000,001? are be tween 18 and 4<o y *ars, the ‘nor mal’ mili'nry age . “The older man would be fitted into industry, agrilture and other major jobs.” Already she place of the Negri in this plan has bgen fully dis ru:- <■(], although Major Lovett of, tha Army Information service could give no exact deta-ls on i th i matter." Said Major Lovett, ‘Ntyjjroes as! ", whole resent being shoved into j labor battalions an 1 work units. | Ihorg aie many who.do not jo “ | long in such units, the same as | there are many whites who do be long in such units,’ This indication is that Negroes have 1 e n given very serious con firm ation although there is gen t:ai opposition' to making entire Negro units labor or work units as many were made in the last wa Contraiy to general belief, ac cord'ng to a person who held a very high port in the lust year, there were many white units si nvlar to the Negro units essag ed in stevt t \ •* and lab.M problems., Vet, a' general discussion has h‘ ’h engaged in by men now iden tified with the military service j and ithose formerly connected with the service in an effort to stave of if this wholesale regimentation if Negroes to the Service of Sup ply as the stevedore and work unitn are kn >wn. During the last yar, there were about 2,000,000 m n starving in the American Expeditionary forces arc! in the army in general. OT this number, approximately ten percent of 200,000 were Negroes and saw service. It *is generally accepted that on ly 'about 50,000 Negroes were in the combat units and divisions, the remainder being in service outfit.-1. ». ' Various plans have been devised ior Negroes, but to date, nothing bas been revealed as to the gen eral outeome cf the schemes. In this area, there are large numbers of Negro officers in the re.crve corps, all of whom have the!.- orders. The tendency in this next war, should it com1, will be to eliminate ‘be officer training camps as con ducted in the last war and depend entirely upon the reserve officers ind those coming up from the summer training camps. This will give a happy combin I ution of old and r.ew officers, ac r ng to the general plan, and maintain a balance .necessary for j the successful completion of ther army plans. Seeking freedom on grounds of adultery, Jerry D. Jackson, 1308 It. Street, Northeast fled divorce proceedings in District Court this week against his wife, Mrs. Mat tie Mae Jack on. also known a; Alice Contes, 709 Fourth street, Northeast. Mr. Jackson states in his peti tion that the couple were married in May, 1939 and lived together until July, 1939. Ho asserts that on July 23, this year, his wife gave birth to an illegitimate child at Freedman’s Hospital, entering under the as sumed name of Alice Coates. Wes Maiden Name Ho explains the assumed name is his wife’s maiden name. Jackson further contends his ■wife refused to give the name of the father of the child and that on July 0, upon being interviewed by an officer of the juvenile court, sho denied being pregnant, say ing sho had not seen her husband. According to the petition, the couplo already have two children, and that both are in the custody of Mrs. Jackson. Wants His Children Jackson, in his {petition, states he is able and willing to provide <i suitable home for his children with his mother, who is willing end eager tn accept this responsi bility. Jackson, in addition to the di vorce, seeks permanent custody °f the two children. Emory I!. Smith, attorney, is ri presenting Jackson. --0O0 ATLANTIC CITY LIFE GUARDS SAVES LIVES OF TWO COLORED ROYS Atlantic City, opt. 14 (Ry Frank Canty, Jr., for ANP)—Quick ac tion on the part of local life guards saved the lives of two youths Thursday. The two boys, here on an outing with 60 other members of a party from the Benevolent Colored Children's Farm and Vocational school at Pomery, Pa., in charge of Pascoe Alston, were Lester Quarlos, 13 and Victor Williams, 14. Eight were in the group carried 50 yards by the raging current, and all but Quarlos and Williams managed to reach shore. These two were carried almost 200 yards to seu before iKscuea. Quarlos was saved by Captain Emil Schneider, ALL YEAR ’ cn mmE iEFPOTflTOT ...PROTECTS YOUR F000 Food protection is importani the year 'round. There is no ofl-season for food spoilage. Healthful food protection • is easy with a modern Electric Refrigerator. Electric Refrigeration gives you dependable food storage in any season because it maintains steady, even temperature . . . automatically. See your dealer today. Learn how easily you can buy an Electric Refrigerator on a convenient monthly payment plan. SEE YOUR DEALER ! ' v” T:vT « OR NEBRASKA, POWER COMPANY :v • y..; j *•* c-j j— i - J •<> % • ELECTRICITY IS CHEAP who tossed a can buoy at him, ; wh'le Guard Leaf Byard reache ! tho side of the Williams boy anrf | hoh! him nb vo the surface until i hat< reached his side and pulled him to safety. The Williams lad was in had con 'ition and required resuscia t'on by Drs. Remo Lewis and Joseph Weintiob who ordered him removed to the hospital. -000 LEGION JIM ( ROW ASSAILED (\N ( OAST Oakland, Sept. 14 (CNA)—Ra cial discmrimination as practiced b> th(' American Legion despite its, cri s of “tolerance” stood re vealed this week after Los Ange-1 le5 Negro Legionnaires protested! against the barring of colored! fighters from Hollywood I/egion | Stadium events. A r .solution introduced into the I,<gion convention by Alex Wat :oti, member of t' 4 Ben J. Bowie Post 228 ;n i/os Angeles asked that the Hollywood post, promot ing Stadum fights, permit N*e- I green to appear or that the I/e gion prohibit the post from dis playing I/egion inngnia at its boxing shows. After hot debate, the resolu tion was referred to the executive committee of the state organiza tion for study and a report at r4 next convention—in San Diego a year from this month. The only defense Hollywood' post members advanced to their admitted practice of barring Ne gro fighters was that “our pa trons have never questioned our choice of boxers.” Ironically, one of the spokes- j man who defended the Hollywood ; discrimination, was John D. Home state Legion Americanism Com mission chairman. As other white Legionnaires begged that the resolution be giv en no publicity because the con vention did not vote on it, he sai.d that revocation of the right to use Legion in ignia at the fights was, tantamount to revoking the post’s I charter. --oOo TAILOR FINDS $135 IN HANTS POCKET: FAINTS Ocean City, N. J. Sept. 11 t A | NI ).Employes on a busy Asbury avenue tailor shop was victims of a ‘fright’ which turned out to he the comedy of a life time. Every one was at work when they heard a sudden thump. Looking around they found the pre ser, Charles Byrant, lying, in a heap on the floor with paper money scattered about him. They splashed water j in his face and brought him a- | round. The money when picked up I totaled $135. When Bryant caught his breath he said, “I was just cleaning out the pants pockets, and found all this money. I never saw so much Guess I jus’ had a heart attack. The currency was returned to its owner. - oOo — GETS MASTER’S DEGREE AT OHIO STATE Columbus, Ohio, Sept. 14 ( AN I’) —Among the 650 students who re ceived degrees at the summer con vocation of Ohio state university last Friday afternoon, were the following persons who were a warded a master’s degree: Edith M. Carroll, Ed.; W. C. Ross, Cin cinnati, Ed.; Oscar Holmes, Char leston W. Va.. chemistry; E. 0. Woolfolk, chemistry; Margaret Clark Oakfield, . Columbus, socio logy; Joseph Russell, Phys. Ed.; Eunice Cediey, oomme^-eial Ed.: H. Alfred Farrell, Eng Antionette M. Brown, Ettrick, Va., Home Ec.; Evelyn Warren, Columbus. Ed.; Sarah Spencer, St. Louis, j NEWSDEALER CHOKED TO 1 DEATH BY WIFE WHO COMMITS SUICIDE Ffi ;tr-ry; Mrs. Duboise Meyers, W. Ya. Ed.; R. R. Wright, 111., busi ; near administration anl George 1 0. Wright, education. Carolyne M. Hardy of Columbus anti William Corbin of Xenia were awarded their bachelor's degree. —--0O0 CHURCH HIKED TO STRESS BUSHES* IMONG MEMBERS New York, opt. if (AN'P) “The future of the church lies in sponsoring business enterprises for it is only by owning his own buxines? that the Negro can hope fof econarn’c freedom t’y which i indelibly | bounty thej .prosperity of 0U-,- churches. Our churches pros per as the people prosper.” With those words, Bishop D. C. Lawson of the Church of Oui Lord Jesu> Christ of the Aposto lic Faith, closed the 20th annual convocation after a 10 day session at Refugee Church of Christ. More than 100 ministers and delegates' from all parts of the country anl as far away as the West Indies attended. I Well qualified to -peak on the Negro in business, B'shop Lawson successfully manages a grocery store, a printing establisment, a funeral home, restaurant, and book store. He al ;o finds time to be president of Industrial Unon institute a school for underprivi leged children of New York, lo cated at Southern Pines, N. C. Business of the church including reappointment of ministers to their old charges, ordination of six new min sters and making of plans for new churches, occupied th) greater part of the sessions. Rev. Petri- Bridges of Coney Is lard was made national evangelist and Rev. Nathaniel Byrd was placed iii Vs pa-torate. Rev. I. W. Bell of Missouri was transferred to New York City. The convocation was appropria ted $(500 to carry on the work of Industrial Union institute. Strict attention was paid to the eduen ional program and the report of school officials. Or.u whole day was occupied by the AYPU with Miss Ora Waid, national president of the Ladies aid, in charge of Ladies Day. Miss Velma Dewitt representing the Brooklyn Young peoples union, presented a resolution urging the merger of the Sunday School and the AYPIT, which was adopted. Announcement of the opening of tho 1UI on Sept. 15, was made during sessions. ■--—0O0— CIO, AFL t > Mark Negro Advance in Labor Unions Chicago, Sept. 14 (CNA) —Rep resenttatives of Chicago trade un ions—both (TO and AFL—this week mapped plans for a celebra tion of “the achievement and ad vancement of Negro workers in the trade union movement.” The parley, held at the Quincy Club, 3806 S. Michigan Ave.. was initiated by the AFL Illinois State Federation of J.abor Committee for the Organisation of Negro Workers, set up through the ;ef forts* of Secretary-Treasurer Vic tor Olandci-. The call for the con ference was signed by Ishmael P. Flory, secretary of the Joint Council of Dining Car Employes. A woman’s silk stocking and iouf i>,,cn gas jets were the t.'. struments of the combination murder and suicide which was dis covered on Thursday n ght about : 7:35 when Femetts ’’h.shinglon, niece of one of the principals re turned home from work. Upon openeing the door to the first floor apartment at 422 W. 126th St., she found Kmullis \Colaman, 53, lying partly an the b»'t #i the front .room. Trying to arouse the newsdealer .-he discovered that he had teen garrotted with . a woman’s sjlk stockings. Going hrough the house she detected the order of gas and open#d\the kitch en door to find her. aunt, Effie Coleman, 52, seatedj on., a/ ch^ir,’ near the range leiniing over the four open gas jets. I>r. Goqdnian of the Uailem Hospital pronounc c ! both dead on arrival. Investigation by Detective Cos grove of the 30th Squad di-closed ihat the couple has disagreed over the settlement of the sale of an $108 insurance policy, in which the beneficialy was a step-son of the woman. Mis. Coleman left a note admitting the slaying of the 53 year old newsdealer. QXf, frank! ^flLOSOfY Pi'". AuREN R C'ERlNoER. You cannot tell by the tops how big a carrot is. Here is one over here with a big bushy leaf spread and you would have to believe it was the biggest carrot in the patch. But, dig down arouud it with your Unger or knife, you will find it has a root no bigger through than a pencil. It may sever get any bigger, either. It put out all its energy in a quick grown 1 top, and will get old and go to seed without really growing a carrot to am mint to anything. And here is one ail by itself in the row. You would thiuk it had 1 had plenty of room for growing. But it has not made much of itself, either. N'ow, here is a carrot that Is a parrot. Notice that I get it right 'rout the midst of a slump of five. And, crowded right iu atuoug the v.hers, it has grown to twto* toe tiae of its neighbors. « * • You cauuot tell a « by his lutwr.’ J appearance. Here is one that is always seen tnd heard in every gathering and vho is considered quite a leader. 3ut, probe into jiiEt what he ac tompln-hes, you will find he really iocs little He has fine talents, but s so conceited in thinking that ho s a big man now that he will never settle down to amounting to any thing. And here is a man who has been given ail he lias. With plenty to do with, and everything iu his fa vor, he Just do s not have energy to make anything of his opportuni ties. Now, here is a man that !• • man. Notice the hard surrounding* in which he grew up. Handle,in^d by all the pri vat ions and di IP cut ties man could have, he has rt»«n to the success we all dr am ol Should a Governor, a Lover of Fair Treatment, Return a Fugitive to a Chain Gang to Suffer Severe Punishment? (Actual life problems which in various wavs have farad persons at different times, railing for de-iiions of vital importance Readers are inv.ted to write their opinions of ilt^rnatives given in th?ie cases affecting the vjpnini ss. the liberty artd sometimes the lives of peon!? Names will be omitted, if de sired If vou have a personal problem about which vou seek advice write to Dr Brenner in care of this newspaper. For an answer by mail *n loit s selt add'essed en elope Coro muniratinn* treated in con'idence.I The ( axe of a Chain (Jang Fugi tive— M., the Governor of an Kast ■rn State, was known -foi' h W lib eral and ^air ‘ treatment of th;Jse who yioiruCi the pp.ntvl rode. . He ibhorred all forms- of dorporeal punishment and ptitfiicly denounred -orrertional institutions that em ifoyed any of these .ty^es of pun > shment. *! , ’> * ' Before) Governor M lay-a request • or extradition forgone, Arthur, who tad escaped from a chain gang of v Southern State and had been ap prehended in the North. Arthur, a mere slip of a boy, had drifted about the country and, being des iterate, committed a lone holdup netting him a mere pittance. Ho was arrested later and sentenced to tlie dreaded chain gang, where conditions were unbearable. He was caught after several abortive attempts to escape and his punish ment increased, until at last, he made a successful break. Arthur pleaded with the Governor not to allow them to take him back as he felt he could no longer endure such confinement. THE GOVERNOR'S PROBLEM: To honor the extradition would mean sending the boy back to a punishment of which the Gov ernor did not approve. To refuse to return him would be prejudging a sister State, its Gov ernor and Its prison system with out offering them an opportunity to defend themselves. WHAT WOULD YOU DO if yo« were in Governor M.'s place,? OTHER EDITORS WRITE— THANKSGIVING That President Roosevelt should change the date of Thanksgiving in the interest of business is a pretty good indication of how America has inimated the hearts of those who first observed the day. Things have come to a pretty pass, when Thanksgiving means nothing more than an rinking of the cash register or which football team shall play where. The American nation which ss *ayj to lead the world in democra tic idealism owes much to Chris tianity. It is not too much to say that the quality of its Christia nity. Hence when the symbol of its thankfulness is turned into the grabbing of a few more dollars the situation from the standpoint is dark indeed. Chrstianity in America is on trial. 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