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WAR DEPT’MENT WANTS MORE WOMEN
Uncover New Evidence
IN LOUISIANA “SC0TTSB0R0 CASE"
NAACP PREPARING APPEAL
FOR SOLDIERS CONDEMNED
TO DEATH
New York....An appeal from the
death sentence for three colored
soldiers convicted for rape in Alex
andria, La., is being prepared by
lawyers for the National Associat
ion for the Advancement of Color
ed People, it was announced here
this week.
Formal notice of appeal was fil
ed August 13, by lawyers, who were
appointed to defend the three sol*'
iers in the civil court. At that
time, after the first trial, the con
viction and the death sentence, tho
case was brought to the attention
Of he NAACP and parents of one of
the men asked NAACP aid in fight
ing the case further. The oonvicted
men are Privates Richard Adams, a
volunteer, of Columbus, Ohio, John
Walter Bordenave, New Orleans. La.
and Lawrence Mitchell of Michigan.
The NAA.CP has forty days from
the date of the conviction, August
11, to prepare the appeal. Thur
good Marshall, NAACP special coun
sel. and other lawyers are awaiting
the transcript of testimony in the
first trial in Order to proceed with
the case.
•
"We do not know exactly what
can be done until we see the trans
cript of testimony,’ Marshall said.
"We do not know how strong or
weak the record is. We know noth
ing about how much effort the court
appointed lawyers made to defend
their clients or save points in the
record on which a good appeal
could be based, but we will do the
best we can with what is handed to !
hs.”
Marshall will go to Louisiana to
aid local lawyers in preparation Of
the appeal.
SOLDIERS MOVED
TO NEW ORLEANS
FOR SAFE KEEPING
NEW ORLEANS. LA., (ANP) —
Sept. 10—New evidence broke this
week in the case of the Alexandria,
La., soldiers sentenced to die Oct.
30 for the alleged attack on a whito
waitress at Camp Claiborne, when
it became an established fact that
One of the charged men is an es
caped inmate from an Ohio institu
tion for'the feeble minded.
The statement was made by C. O.
Kirk, superintendent of the state
institution for the feeble minded of
Orient, O., in a letter sent Reid and
Cox, attorneys at law, Columbus. O.
The letter charged that Richard
Adams was admitted to the Colum
bus institution Nov. 23, 1931, and
transferred to Orient, Dec. 30, 1931.
At the time of his incarceration ho
was classed as mentally deranged,
while having a long record of de
linquency. The superintendent fur
ther stater that the patient was in
the habit of stealing which was
viewed as a result of mental disor
ders.
The patient escaped from this in
stitution Jan. 19, 1935. The letter
concluded with “since his escape
we have had no further information
regarding his whereabouts nor his
behavior.”
It was further revealed that the
attorneys representing the soldiers:
Ward T. Jones, John R. Hunter and
Isaac Wahlder, appointed by the
court, filed notices of appeals the
day the sentence was made Aug. 10.
According to information from reli
able sources, all were instructed by
the judge that if no other counsel
•were employed in the meantime, it
would be their duty to prepare the
necessary bills of exception and
such briefs and arguments as were
necessary to be filed in the appell
ate court.
To date, however, it is not known
whether or not the lawryers have,
prepared the necessary papers. Evi
dence indicates that the appellate
court has yet to receive them.
The convicted soldiers have been
removed to the federal jail in New
Orleans for safe keeping.
TWO COOKS HURT AS STREAM
LINER IS DERAILED
Clinton. Ind.. Sept. 7 (ANP) Sev
erely hurt, with first degree burns.
Ames Weeks and Marshall White,
cooks aboard the Dixie Flagler, 16
coach Chicago and Eastern Illinois
streamliner, are being treated at
Vermillion County hospital, follow
ing derailment of the train a short
distance of this city.
Several hundred yards of track
were ripped up as a result of the ac
cident, and the engineer, J. P. Mea
gher, was taken to the hospital, but
was released after an examination.
There were no other serious casual
ties.
ANTI-POLL TAX BILL NEEDS
18 SIGNATURES
Washington. Sept. 11 (ANP) f:t*l!
lacking are 18 signatures necessary
to bring the Geyer anti-poll tax bill
out of committee, where it has 1 tin
for more than a year. It is the
plan of the committee sponsoring
the bill to try to secure the necess
ary signatures when members of
congress begin arriving in town
from their brief vacations. Strong
efforts will be made t0 have the bill
bought out of committee at all
early date.
On the Alert In the Pacific
An enemy raid On America’s great
military base at Pearl Harbor will
encounter formidable opposition
from a crack Army anti-aircraft
regiment of Negro troops. Induct
ed as a National Guard unit, the
regiment is commanded by Colonel
Chauncey M. Hooper, Negro offic
er and attorney from New York City
Many of the soldiers of Colonel
Hooper’s unit are from Harlem. Be
cause of their far-flung assignment
they have dubbed themselves the
“Pineapple Army.” Other units in
the Islands attest that the "Pineap
ple Army” has marksmen as eagle
eyed as Kit Carson.
One officer recently asked them
to “gradually” shoot the edges off
the sleeve targets towed across the
sky by airplanes, rather than to
wreck the targets at once with a
volley of direct bursts.
Colonel Hooper’s troops have in
stalled their guns and other equip
i ment and are ready for an eventual
--—rr:
ity. Their unit has been coordinat
ed with other Army anti-aircraft
outfits in the area. Maneuvers have
demonstrated that synchronization
J among the various units is highly
developed. Many of the men, includ
ing Colonel Hooper, are veterans of
the first World War.
The picture accompanying this
story, among the first of Negro
troops to arrive from overseas,
shows Colonel Hooper and some of
his fellow officers: (left to right)
10° FOR BEER
10c To
Drink it?
WHERE IS
DEMOCRACY?
Where is Democracy? What are
our boys fighting for? Is it poss
ible that we must fight to preserve
Democracy for America and then
be denied the privileges of that De
mocracy everyday. A few days a
go I happened to meet a friend ct
mine at 13th and Dodge Sts. as we
both were somewhat employed in
similar positions, we began talking
about our work. It was very warm
and we felt the need of a beverage
My friend suggested we step into a
tavern at 13th and Dodge Sts known
as the Dodge Bar In the Dodge Ho
tel. We ordered a couple of bottles
of beer. The owner or bartender
who served us stated that it would
cost us 10c a bottle and 10c to drink
it....a total of 20c. We noticed
other customers therein at that
time were charged only 10c. We
refused to pay the requested prices
and due to the fact that the bar
tender had opened the beer, our re
fusal of course brought ebout a dis
pute.
We ask in all fairness. Is this
the Democracy we are about to be
inducted into the army to fight for?
Is is fair to offer your life blood to
protect these kind of business plac
es? Would this not make your blood
boil to know that you are standing
ready to forsake your loved ones
and enter into the army in combat
service with all hopes of winning
victory even at a sacrifice of our
own lives, knowing deep down in
o'ur hearts that the Democracy we
are fighting for does not exist even
now for us at home.
Now Mr. Editor of the OMAHA
GUIDE, I am asking you what is
going to be done about these condi
tions? Is there any hope for a real
Democracy for all American citiz
ens?
Ted Woods, 2634 Parker St.,
Ed Snyder, 2121 Lake St.
Lieutenant Oren W. Riley, Dental
Corps, New York City; Captain
Scott S. McKnight, Medical Corps,
Charlotte, North Carolina; Major
Edward I. Marshall, CAC., New
York City: Lieutenant Otho C. Van
Exel, CAC, Brooklyn, N. Y.; Lieut
enant Colonel Harry B. Reubel, CAC
New York; Lieutenant Colonel Wil
mer F. Lucas, CAC, Washington, D.
C.; and Major Robert E. Carter,
Medical Department, New York.
Colonel Hooper is seated at the desk
Wilberforce Name
5 New Professors
Wilberforce, Sept. 8 (ANP) Presi
dent Charles H. Wesley of Wilber
force university announced last
week the appointment of five new
members to the faculty’ and the ad
ministrative staff for the 87th aca
demic year which will open Sept. 14
with a meeting of the faculty. Fresh
men week will be held Sept. 15-19
and registratioh will be Sept. 21 and
22, with classes beginning Sept. 22.
The last day of registration for cred
it is Sept. 28.
Several faculty members have
gone into the armed forces and are
assisting wit hthe war effort. The
new members of the faculty include
Miss Lucile Baker, M. A., Smith col
WASHINGTON, D. C. SEPT 10—
f)
(ANP)—Secretary of 'War Stimson
in his regular press conference
Thursday morning, stressed the im
portance and the need of women in
war effort to release men of milit
ary age for active service. “If you
want to see how far this can be
done in an English speaking coun
try,” Mr. Stimson said, “all you
have to do is visit England. Women
are even in combatant units there”.
To date, some 300,000 women are
employed in various capacities by
the war department and according
to estimates, there will be a like
number employed releasing as many
men for military service.
However, in the ordnance corps,
signal corps and aviation corps,
there is need for enlisted men with
mechanical skills. Figures on this
indicate 90,000 men needed in these
three branches of the service- To
that end, a special enlistment period
has been set aside, ending Oct. 1?.
in which men qualified ar^ sought
for these branches. However, the
enlistment period will not extend
beyond that date, for the secretary
says by that time the army training
schools will be turning out a suf
ficient number of men to take care
of all needs.
But men will not be permitted to
enlist until they have cleared thru
their own local selective service
boards, which will determine whe
ther or not the men are to be re
tained in private industry.
Another interesting item was re
vealed by the secretary who said
that in the first nine month period
beginning Dec. 7, trop movements
by rail totaled approximately 6,500,.
000 as opposed to 1,916,417 for the
first nine months of the last war.
Up to now, the army has employed
more than the total number of Pull
man and tourist cars used during
the entire last war. To date, no
movement of troops as a unit has
taken place in box cars or freight
equipment.
The American soldier has moved
an average of three times between
induction and embarkation for over
seas in 1917-18. Today, he averages
six moves before leaving the coun
try.
One of the officers attending the
conference was Lt. Burgess Mere
dith, favorite stage and screen act
or, whose outspoken attitude on the
Negro question has often brought
favorable emment from his friends.
lege, who will teach in the depart
ment of elementary teacher educa
tion;'Herman L. Taylor, M. A., Ohio
State university, in the department
Of commerce; Mrs. Alice Gross Mills
B. S., University of Cincinnati, de
partment of home economics; Miss
Jamye H. Coleman, M. A. Fisk uni
versity, department Of English; Miss
Anne Jordan, M. A., Ohio State, de
partment of romance languages.
A new commanding officer, Col.
L. L. Hamilton, has been appointed
for the ROTC unit. Col. Hamilton
was recently in charge of troops on
transport service and has seen ser
vice in many parts of the world.
His plans call for expansion and de
velopment of the military service
of Wilberforce to the nation.
The army enlisted reSrve corps
is being rapidly filled with students
who are eager to prepare thejns ji
ves as candidates for officer mater
ial. x
marge registration is expected
for the next year. During the past!
year M'ilberforce drew its student
body from 36 states and six foreign,
countries, and in its service had a
national aspect both through its
students and alumni. An intensive
program is being launched through
the alumni office to reach, contact
and interest the alumni. Many of
them are expected to return to the
University for homecoming which
occurs Oct. 31.
first navy recruits
COMPLETE BASIC TRAINING
"Washington, Sept. 10 (AXP) The
navy announced here last week that
222 Negro recruits, the first assign
ed to Camp Robert Smalls at Great
Lakes, 111., had completed their bas
CHARGES S. C. LAND
LORD WITH PEON
AGE
TRENTON, NEW JERSEY.
Sept. 10 (ANP)—David Williams, 47
year old former sharecroper, charg
ed with violating a verba] agree
ment with his South Carolina land
lord, Cleo Young, to “render person
al service” to him from Dec. 1, 1941
to Dec. 1, 1942, will be given a per
sonal hearing here, it was announc
ed last week by Gov. Charles Edis
on.
Gov. R. M. Jefferies of South Car
olina had sought Williams’ return
after Young, Timmonsville plantu
tion owner, had charged his forme’
sharecropper with breach of trust
and alleged that Williams abandon
ed his crops after receiving severs'
hundred dollars in advances.
The extradition, to which Edison
originally consented, was halted by
habeas corpus proceedings demand-1
ed by the National Federation for
Constitutional Lierties and other or
ganizations, declare Williams a vie.
with violation of the anti-peonage
tim of peonage, and charged Young
law. This law, which holds a Geor
gia contract labor law unconstitu
tional, declares that “coerced labor
(Continued on page '£ >
WELL KNOWN AND RESPECTED YOUNG MAN—
Lonnie Morrow Killed By Soldier
SEEFRAMEUP
IN SLAYING
OF WHITE ARMY
OFFICER
Douglas, Ariz., Sept. 9 (ANP)
Following the recent arraignment
of Margaret Herlihy, white, daugh
ter Of Lt. Col. Edward G. Herlihy
pf Fort Huachuca, on a murder
charge for the shooting of her fi
ance, Capt. David Carr, 27. during a
reported lovers’ quarrel, several in
teresting angles have developed.
The girl’a father. Col. Herlihy, re
portedly told a press representative
that Carr had threatened to kill his
daughter and to leave her body on
the Fort Huachuca reservation <40
miles from here), under circumstanc
es that would make it appear she
had been slain by one of the Negro
soldiers stationed at Fort Huachuca.
In the fatal shooting of Carr, the
girl said she had acted in self de
fense.
Capt. Carr and Miss Herlihy were
engaged to be married on Sept. 15,
and both had been previously mar
ried. The shooting occurred after
the couple had returned from a vis
it to Agua Prieta, Senora, just a
cross the border from Douglas. Af
ter arrival at the home where Mias
Herlihy resided with her mother
Carr was fatally wounded by sev
eral shots from a pistol. The ef
forts of army surgeons to save bis
life were futile.
NAACP PRESENTS
SWORN STATEM’NTS
OF VOTE DENIAL
TO JUSTICE DEPT.
Washington, D. C.More than
20 sworn statements made by Ne
groes who, even though they had
paid their poll tax to vote in prim
ary elections in the South, were re
fused permission to do so, have been
personally presented to the United
States Department of Justice this
week by Thurgood Marshall, spec
ial counsel, on behalf of the NAACP
The affidavits come from Negroes
in Texas, Arkansas, Alabama, an:l
South Carolina.
The Justice Department at the
same time was requested to insti
tute criminal prosecution under
the U. S. Civil Rights statute on the
ground that election officials who
refused qualified Negroes the right
to vote, violated this statute.
Dallas and Galveston, Texas, are
most fully represented with 13 af
fidavits coming from Galveston, six
from Dallas. Several were also
made from Houston, Texas, Mobile
Ala., Little Rock, Ark., and several
Places in South Carolina.
This marks another step in the
Association’s year-long fight a
gainst the Democratic “white pri
mary” which bars Negroes from
choosing the men who will repres
ent them in the Government.
ic training, and that 102 of the men
had been assigned to advanced train
ing courses at Hampton institute
and the Great Lakes Naval Train
ing station.
The camp is now receiving new
recruits, and each month a group
of the men completing the course
will be assigned to further training
to fit them as specialists. The first
advanced classes at Hampton and
Great Lakes will start Sept. 13.
1 Lonnie Morrow a well known ar J(
highly respected young man of this
city was killed and a visiting sold
ier was critically injured in a brief,
furous pocketknife due] on the side
Of the clay bank On 30th street Wed
nesday morning.
Police found Lonnie, age 27 of
2042 North 21st dead of numerous
knife wounds near Blondo and 33th
streets. Nearby lay John Harvey
Bowen, 25, a soldier stationed at
Camp Everett, Mass., staying at
3029 Burdette street. Bowen had
suffered severe cuts on the tody,
neck and face. Officers took him
to the hospital and placed him un
der guard.
Three motorists, told police they
were motoring south on 30th street
near Burdette when a man identir
ing board of their car and shouted
led as Morow Jumped on the runn
"Step on it a man’s trying to get a
way.”
About 150 feet south of Blondo,
the four saw a man trying to climb
a clay bank. Morrow jumped from
the car and ran to the bank. The
fight resulted. When police arriv
ed Morrow lay dead and Bowen
badly hurt.
Police believe the fight was over
Morrow's wife, aMrgaret, 26, of 2S11
Ohio Street, who they said recently
filed a divorce suit.
The body of Lonnie Morryw was i
t&ken to the Thomas Funeral Home.
AFRICAN ORTHODOX CHURrH
HOLDS 2 ..ST GENERAL SYNOD
IN KROOK1 YN
Brooklyn, Sept. 10 (ANP) A-i esti
mated after.dance of more than '.'to
Persons, including the house of bis
hops, dignitaries, priests, delegates
and visitots. took part in th - 2.s,t
general synod of the African OrtLo
d ix chulch, of New York and M.sv
achusetts, which last Monday con
cluded its s-x-day session at Christ
Cr.urch rr.ssion, of which the Rev.
Father Getrpe Ford is rector.
The f.ddrr ss of welcome was de
livered by Judge Edwards Rich:;>-is
Preside r.t New York Savings b.Itk,
and Judge Faige of special sessions
court represented Mayor Florc-ila
LaGuardia.
Officers cf the synod: The MoV
Rev. R. A. Valentine, archbishop
and primate, president; the Rt. Rev
F. A. Toole, bishop of Manhattan,
vice president; the Very Rev. J. B
TLerne. secretary; Ran Mitchell
treasurer: the Rt. Rev. Cyril O.
Sheppard, chancellor, and the R»v
Fr. George Ford, statistician.
DEPENDENTS’ PAYMENTS TO
MANY ‘WAVES’ WILL CAUSE
HEADACHE
■Washington, Sept. 10 (AXP) Ther
is going to be confusion soon wher
army checks start coming back to
sldiers dependents if some of the
corner talk around here is to be tak
en seriously, and it is being serious
ly cons;dertd- in some sectors.
For instance, there is the matte:1
of many men being drafted into the
service, legally married but not
working at it, yet living with a par
amour who to all intents and pur
poses is his wife. Who gets tor
billing and who is entitled to the
check th« government will send a
dependent?
The soldier may give his common
in law wife’s name, yet the legal
wife, discovering where her spouse
is, may make a claim for her share.
This is true with many whites as
well as Xegro soldiers, and is going
to be one grand headache for the
war department to adjust.
BETWEEN THE
LINES
(BY DEAN GORDON B.
HANCOCK FOR ANP)
■* * * ‘
A WAR DIAGNOSIS
Quite as important as wars them
selves is a clear understanding of
their causes. For 'lo these many
centuries nations have fought for
economic advantage and it is safe
to say that by far the greater num
ber of wars and the greater wars
have been rooted in some economio
In other words, the wars of the
motive
past have been bread wars _. .wars
of nations fighting for bread. Then,4
bread wars have wrecked empire*
and civilizations and have over
thrown monarchs of highty domain.
Although our religionists and ideal
ists have dreamed of a time when
wars among men would cease, such
happy time seems far removed in
some ethereal distance too deep for
human ken. For all we know wars
will be upon mankind for many een
turies yet to come for the simple
reason only a change of heart will
bring an and to war and humans
are not in the habit of changing
their heart until all other measures
have failed, and these are multitud
(Continued on page 3)
Mrs. Roosevelt
Scotches Rumors
of ‘Eleanor Clubs'
Washington, Sept. 10 (ANP) Dixies
attempt to smear Mrs. Roosevelt
because of her appearance at tha
AME meeting in North Carolina
came a cropper whe nthe rumor
bred “Eleanor Clubs”, reported to
have been organized throughout the
south by housemaids and domestics
were reported as non-existent.
Declaring the clubs had as their
slogan, “Not a Maid in the Kitchen
by Christmas,” the purpose of the
clubs was to secure employment for
Negro women in defense plants, ft
is reported.
Mrs. Roosevelt in a statement to
the press declared that an investi
gation proved there was no basis for
the rumored clubs, and ehat she bad
been unable to obtain a list, record
br name of anyone enrolled in the
nythical clubs, which bear her name
■vithout her permission.
Because of the low pay scale for
lomestics in the south, Mrs. Roose
velt said she thought domestics
were leaving private employment <o
go into industry.
She cited the Eleanor clubs as an
■xample of “rumors used to bring
about situations that don’t exists”
Although colored women are begin
ning to receive employment in de
fense industry in the south, and
things point” to greater employ
ment of them, Airs. Roosevelt told
her press conference she saw no
reason why an issue should be mado
of facts commonly known.
Great stress was placed upon the
formation of these clubs by some
highly imaginative writers who saw
in this an opportunity to embarrass
Lhe 1- irst Lady because she had
been advised, it is reported, not to
come to the North Carolina meet
ing. In face of this advice, Mrs.
Roosevelt attended the conference,
made a speech and was entertained
b> a group of whites in the town.
X \
> HERE ARE DEMOCRACY’S SINEWS
America’s workers are democracy's
strength and in the nation trade un.
ion members are working around
the clock to turn out more planes,
more tanks, more guns and mure
ships for democracy’s defnse. The
victory of free labor over slave la
bor throughout the world depends
on the brains and brawn of Amer
icans such as the skilled worker
shown above. An expert "plate
bender” at the Norfolk Navy Yard,
he shapes the steel plates for tha
sidings of war ships that will soon
be prowling the sea lanes around
Germany and Jaoan and escorting
United Nations’ transports bearing
lend-lease material to Britain, China
and Russia.
