Oi S. Already Has Plans ! for! ' rd Soldiers If War Breaks Out
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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.
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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,
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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. For a great Christian assem
bly, meeting in the heart of the
South to pull down its “jim-crow”
signs for a few days is a beauti
ful gesttye, but nothing more.
So long as a nation is to coward
ly and too un-Christian to pass an
anti-lynching bill it might well
advertise its Thanksgivinig Day
“ sale;” for it has little need for
a Thanksgiving Day for the real
purpose for which it was intended.
Perhaps America will not dis
cover its self unt 1 it shall again
suffer the privations and hard
ships of the Pilgrims. Maybe it
is better so if the nation can only
learn that ‘‘rigfhteousness exal
teth a nation, but sin is a reproach
to any people.”—The Star of
Zion.
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