Good Reading 5C fTTfflT AT YOUR BBSS) DRUG STORE £ /g^/EMT HEW TO THE LINE LARGEST ACCREDITED NEGRO NEWSPAPER WEST OF CHICAGO AND NORTH OF KANSAS CITY —MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED NEGRO PRESS Eul.dr',da“ !rfUtoST 18,41-1BSij£fh5'n°fwE'.g1 Saturday, Sept 19,1942 Our 15th Year, No. 32 City Edition, 5c Copy N A A C P MASS MEETING SUNDAY AFTERNOON AT ZION BAPTIST CHURCH Salem Starts Revival, Sunday Night * CME.’s IN 5-DAY CONFERENCE NEXT WEEK SPECIAL REVIVAL ( The Salem Baptist Church will be gin its City Wide Revival starting Monday Sept 21st. 7:30 p. m. Each evening and continuing through un til? These series of services will conducted by the Rev. W. H Woods Of Tulsa, Okla. We do carl upon every Church and Christian to attend and participate in making thsi one of the greatest Soul Savina Campaigns ever attempted here The Revival will get underway cn Sunday night with an all request Musical Program sponsored by th** Senior Choir. Follow the crowd to the little white church on the hill 28th and Decatur St. Mrs. F. B Moorer. Clerk, Rev. W. E. Fort, Minister. BETWEEN THE LINES (BY DEAN GORDON B. HANCOCK FOR ANP) WANTED: A Till HI) FRONT Impatiently is the wo; Id waiting for the opening of a second front. Like the old proverb about the wea ther, must is said about it but noth ing done- From the historians of the future Russia is going to wring paens of wondrous praise for the noble stand she is making. Already her endurance and valor have amaz d *■ world. Honest men who h*>n estly spurn Russia’s polit.cat iu, . ccv must admire her heroic defense against the finest war machine the world has ever known. To date the fighting laurels of World War II go to Red Russia. - • This matter of opening a Second front is becoming grave indeed, fo. Russia cannot win this war by her self, however valorous her armies may prove in mortal combat. There crimes times when human nature can do no more; and should this time come upon the Russians before the opening of a second front, it will mark a tragic development in the cause of the united nations. It makes one sick at heart to contem plate the concentration of Germ.tr controlled Europe on Great Britain, for the conquest of Russia will put.' at Germany’s disposal vast stores of mateorials that would prove tre mendously powerful in "pulverizing j the British Isles. . But our great concern here is not -q much the first front on which Russia and Germany are locked in mortal combat this very hour, nor in the one we hope will be establish ed soon, however important these two fronts may be. We are prim arily interested in opening a morel front whereby the victorius nations may prove themselves worthy oi victory. The question of the hearts of the victors is even more import ant than victory itself; for unless the warring nations undergo a change of heart victory is going to be but an empty episode of battl» AA'e are fighting today because the hearts of the victors of World War I wer not right; and unless the hearts of the current victors are right our peace will prove but a nra lude to a AV'orld War III that will be even more devastating than the war that is upon us. Life is not a matter of the head but of the heart. Our of the heart are he issues of life and this is as true of nations as of individuals. This article is inspired by what is transpiring in India. In the hen Of-its greatest peril. Great Britain seems bent on defeating the aspir ations of the Indians to be free. The Continued on page 2) VV A A CS in Uniform Left to right, Miss Vera Harris on, of Hamilton, Ohio, and Mr3. Mary A. Bordeaux, of Louisville, Kentucky, strolling down the Com party Street after drill. Both are Officer candidates in Company 1, First Regiment Women's Auxiliary Corps. SOLDIER ACCUSED OF MURD‘R TO BE DEFENDED BY NAACP. Macon, Ga.,. .Captured after the biggest manhunt in years here, last ing 27 hours, Private Edmond Reel charged with the murder of a local policeman, will be defended when he goes on trial soon, by the Macon branch and the national office of the National Association for th“ Advancement of Colored People. Colonel A. T. Walden, member of the NAACP national legal commit tee. will handle the Negro soldier's defense. Private Reed, in the army for five years, was arrested hei'e August 20 by a military policeman. Sgt. M. TV Whitmire, on suspicion .of being AWOL. While waiting for the pol ice patrol wagon to come it is claim ed that the MP hit the soldier with his fist. Reed is said to have thrown up his hands to protect his head. At this point a city policeman standing nearby stated: “Turn him over to me.’’ A crowd began* to gather threat ening the soldier. He w-as Struck a severe blow at the back of the head, leaving a deep gash. He then is said to have grabbed the pistol of the MP and to have shot the city officer, who died, and the MP, who suffered wounds. Reed then ran away from the crowd which was said to have be?n beating him. The NAACP stated that there i ■ evidence that O'her Negro soldiers had been beaten before the attack on Reed. White citizens of Macon, joined by Mayor Charles L. Bowden, form ed a mob numbering hundreds which scoured the countryside in search of the soldier. When Reed was captured, after a 27 hour pursuit, h? had a bullet wound in his right leg, which mem bers of the posse refused to explain, and was bleeding from a gash in his head. He was dragged from a small lake near the Southern rail road switchyards. Reed's cas was scheduled to go to trial about September 15. . NEGRO VOLUNTEERS NURSE SHIP SURVI VORS Southport, N. C., Sept. 15 (AXF) With no fuss and feather—no fan fare—a group of Negro Red Cross volunteer nurse's aides have worked long hours in a local hospital, dav Name Negro Minister To Oppose Rankin IN MISS. ELECTION < Chicago, Sept. 14 (ANP>—Delegat es to the National Baptist conven tion. unincorporated. in sessions here at Ebenezer Baptist Church last week endorsed the movement lead by Edgar G Brown, director of the National Negro council, to elect a Negro to the congressional seat of Hep. John E. Rankin, (D-*n. Miss.) outstanding foe of the anti poll tax amendment to the soldier's vote bill. Named as candidate for the office |s the Rev. James Arthur Parsons Df Tupelo, pastor of four churches in Rankin’s home district. That chances to defeat Rankin are excel lent was indicated by figures pres enter! by Brown in an address to the convention. He said Rankin was recently renominated by a total vote of only 6,000. The 12.000 votes of Negroes now serving in the arm ed forces would be sufficient to ac complish his political death, he add. (Continued on page£ggf,4) Demand Action in Beating of Two Baptist Ministers i New York...... “Federal action is imperative”, to redress the beati’i of Baptist ministers Dr. J. C. Jack son, 76, Hartford, Conn., president, of the New England Baptist Confer ence and Reverend S. A. Young, Washington, D. C., on September S. the NAACP told President Roose velt. The NAACP has offered legal assistance to the ministers. The NAACP wire, ..old h0w Dr. Jackson, a pasenger on a Memphis bound train,,was struck in the face, breaking his eye-glasses and cutting his eyes and lips, because a white passenger objected to the minister’s passing through the white coach on the way from the dining car to his Seat. Reverend Young was also struck and his eye glasses broken for the same reason. Pointed out to the President was a similar attack on Professor Hugh M. GJoster of Morehouse college, who was thrown off a train at Tu pleo, Miss.,-on Sept. 2 by policemen and a conductor, beaten, imprison ed and fined, because he requested that Negroes standing in the iim crow car be permitted to sit in an empty white car adjoining. “This Association has presented to the U. S. Attorney General and the Office of Defense Transporta tion the facts in other brutal as saults on Negro soldiers in trains, buses and other -.public carriers in the South,” the wire stated. “This Association has done all within its ' limited ^ower to secure redress. Bet there is a limit to human endurance jit is apparent that subversive forc es in the South are deliberately pro [ voking some of these attacks, hop j ing that riots and other clashes I may occur,” the NAACP statement continued. “Those responsible for such at tacks are destroying at a terrible j rate the already low morale of 13 , million American Negroes. In do p rag so they injure America’s war effort and effectively aid the cause of the Axis. V,’e submit that the situation is so grave that federal action is imperative.” 0 C D. DOESN’T WANT NEGROES or Liberals?; DANIELS RESIGNS DIVISION H- UNITED WAR & COMMUNITY FUND CAMPAIGN TO BE DIRECTED BY MRS. WALTER IRVIN; SPONSORED BY URBAN LEAGUE, AND N, SIDE YWCA. DANCING DINAH REVUE RETURNS TO OMAHA AFTER WEEK’S ENGAGEMENT IN LINCOLN The Dancing Dinah Revue, heart ed by Eddie Le Monte (Lemons) ace comedian, has Just returned to Om aha after a successful engagement, with Nat Towles and His Orchestra | at the King's Ballroom in Lincoln,) Nebraska By popular demand Mr, I LeMonte will present his versatile j cast in another superb midnight ^ i show, Saturday night. Featured in i the show will be Peg-leg Jefferson,' the sensational acrobatic dance and Mary, Queen Of the Jitterbugs. Oth- j ers in the cast include Chick and Chiikie, Herbert Underdew, and Ed monia Collins), Dancing Demons, Dennis Stewart, "Boy with the In sane Feet” who is equally as good in his Spoon Dance, Eddie LeMonte ^ (Hisself) and Mrs. Jean Montgom-1 ery, the very capable manager. and night, helping with the surviv- j ors of torpedoed ships. On four different occasions when j the men were brought into the hos- j pital covered with oil. their job was j to cleanse them and make the pat-j ients more comfortable before act ual treatment could be given. “We are going to have to depend upon these women more and mo“e later on,” said the volunteer nurse’s aide chairman, Mrs. Mary Fergus, “so far they have been a godsend to the hospital.... untiring in their efforts and most anxious to serve, whenever they are needed” Approximately 26 Negro aides were graduated in three classes. Another class is now being organ ized. ' One of the important leaders in the United War and Community Fund campaign to raise $800,000 in Omaha October 19 to 29 will be Mrs. I Walter Irvin. She will direct the volunteer women’s corps compris ing Division H. The work of this division is sponsored jointly by the Urban League and the Northside YWCA., both of which will benefit from the fund. Territory for these workers will be eastward from 30th Str et be tween Cuming and Pinkney streets. Welfare and relief activities ser *ng armed forces of the United Stat es and warshocked civilians of our allied nations have been Allocated a substantial share of OmaHc/s quota The largest part of the fund will be spent in fortifying the home front through the 30 welfare and relief agencies of the Community Chest. “If you can’t go. .GIVE!” is the slogan adopted for the campaign. And in giving Omahans’ w'ill at one time discharge their obligation for an entire year toward supporting the following agencies serving or the national overseas fronts: USO. (United Service Organizat ions which include the YMCA., YW CA., Jewish Welfare Board, Nation al Catholic Community Service, Na tional Travelers Aid Associat on. an dthe Salvation Army) Polish-A rnerican Council. Greek War Relief cy.oen Wilhelmina Fund, Russ'an War Relief, United China Relief. British War Relief Society, War | Prisoners Aid, American Field Serv fice. Navy Relief Society, U. S. Com mittee for the Care of Europeac Children. A'l of th.se agencies, Chairman Dale Clark emphasizes, have been indorsed and their budgets sifted S times: by a committee appointed b> , President Roosevelt, by the Nation al Budget Committee for War Ap peals, and by Omaha Defense Funds Inc., Applications of several other agencies for participation in the O maha Campaign are now pending before the Omaha sifting group. To present the facts of the drive to the public, a speakers burequ has been formed. Organizations- seek ing a speaker to explain the drive are asked to phone AT. 2994. i _ CAA NOW ACCEPTING PILOT S AP’LICATIONS Washington, Sept. 14 (ANP)— As revealed exclusively through ANP several weeks ago, the Civil Aero nautics administration has received authorzation from the army to train ; Negroes in its new program of prc-' parng noncombat pilots for the air 1 forces and is now accepting appli- I cations. The bulk of the Negro trainees are destined for service as instruct- l j ors in line, with S c. Stimson’s re ! cent statement that “final approved 1 has been given to a plan which calls for the pilot training of a, further limited number of Negroes.” All applications for CAA training under the army plan must be from 18 to 3G years of age inclusive and if under 27, must be decjred inelig- ‘ I ible for training as combat pilots by ] | an aviation cadet selection board of | the army. They must, however, be able to pass the CAA physical and I mental examinations. Courses lasting aproximately 36 j weeks will be given at Tuskegee In stitute and Coffey school of aero nautics, Chicago. Room and board, health and acci dent insurance, will be provided for I BY AT \riN E. WHITE W ASHINGTON, D. C , SEPT. 15— (ANP)—That all is not well with the Office of Civilian Defense is indic ated through the resignation of Jon athan Daniels. North Carolina lib eral, who has often been referred u as a champion of the rights of mitf ority groups. Mr. Daniels suddenly tendered big resignation to Dean Landis, direc tor of OCD, under circumstances which have not been fully explain ed. It was reported last week that Mr. Daniels contemplated resigning He submitted his resignation to hi superior last Monday. It is report ed further that Mr. Daniels could not get results and was stripped 03 most of his authority several week; ago. However, the White House i; said to have offered Daniels an im portant post On the President’s staff On the other hand, all is not well with the colored personnel at OCD. Apparently, Negroes were neve wanted in the setup, for most of those who were there during the Roosevelt-LaGuardia reg me are as signed to other agencies and are not on the OCD payroll. First of these was Will Alexander who was shunted to OFF and later to the Office of War Information. Then Miss Thelma Tabb was knocked out and sent to the personnel division, Office of Emergency Management. Now there is talk that there is a wide difference of opinion between ilrs. Crystal Byrd Fauset, a com pet ent administrator, and the powers that be. It is kno\vn that Mrs. Fan set is seldom in her office in the building which houses OCD, al though her secretary makes an pointments there for her. AVhat has transpired, no om knows, for all concerned are stranjf ly silent on the matter. There has been talk that Lt. Col Howard McQueen, a Wa hingtonja now assigned to the 368th infantry in Massachusetts, is to be brought into the Office of Civilian Defpns in some capacity. Mrs. Fauset is .’acial relations adviser and has hel-’ this post for sometime. Her relat ions with Mr. Daniels and others who have left the OCD were mo cordial. , On th? other hand, there is ; strong report current t0 the effect that OCD is planning a system o; education for certain persons select ed in various cities to do civilian defense work exclusvely. Federal funds are to be provided for this in struction which take place at four colleges. Tuskegee has been men tioned as one of the four and the jonly Negro Institution. The courses are to be conducted by military officers under irrtmed- i iate supervision of the war depart* ment. This would lend some cred- I trainees, but they will receive ■•o salary until they go on active duty with the army. During the CAA training period, they will be on in active status in the enlisted reserve of the army air forces. TEXAS CAPITAL BLOC STRONGEST? Washington, Sept. 15 (ANP) That^ the south is in the saddle in the gov ernment is a well known fact, but the most influential group of sou therners operating in the capital js the Texas delegation, which never fails to get what it wants. In the matter of war industries, Texas is reported to have more than any other state in the union anl it is the general belief that the power ful influence of. the Texas delegat ion caused the present postpone ment if not the complete abandon ment of the FEPC’s contemplated El Paso hearings. Dr. Mae McCarroll, Acting Medical Consultant to the Diviaion of Negro Service of the Planned Parenthood Federation of America. ASKED TO INVESTIGATE terror: CAMPAIGN BY GA. WARDEN New York-Information thlans to do them. j? Rev. Leroy A. Story, Pastor of the Cleaves Temple CME. Church Of ihu city and his congregation, will he host to the Kansas-Missouri, Denver and Nebraska Annual CUB. Cgm ference to be held here in Omaha at the Cleaves Temple CME. Church. 25th and Decatur streets, startin'^ next Wed. morning, Sept. 25, 194S. Discussions and meetings will bo held daily and nightly until the con ference ends, Sunday night Sept. XT. Bishop Hamlett of Kansas City. Kansas is presiding Bishop over thg District. The Church is expecting many delegates from the surrounding ter* ritories and are making preparation'* to care for them when they arrivo* Come out and enjoy a Conference both educational, interesting .m-l which will have many moments at entertainment for you. Meals will be served for visiting delegates and guests from out of town. UNION HALTS DISCHARGE OF NEGRO WORKERS BY MOBILE FIRM Washington, D. C. Sept.. ISC— AFL President William Green con gratulated Harry Stevenson, pre-H dent of the International MoUo-s and Foundry Workers Union off North America, for courageous ac tion which prevented an employer in Mobile, Ala., from getting nay with a particularly vicious example of racial discrimination against Ne gro workers. The'management of the Mobile Pulley Works, Stevenson reported, discharged a number of Negro work ers and finally brought about a cris is by firing the Negro financial sec retary of the local union when he took three days off because of a death in the family. The other Negro workers thers quit their jobs. Stevenson, after conferring with representatives off the Navy Department, prevailed up on them to go back to work with the understanding that the case off the financial secretary would be taken up later. How ;ej\ the com pany refused to take the Negroes back. Stevenson then notified Concilia tion Director John Steelman that, his organization would give the dis charged Negro workers full financ ial support. He also ordered tha forty w'hite workers in the plant to» quit the job. Explaining why he acted in dlls way, despite the AFL no-strike pol icy, Stevenson said: "I told the men that this comp any had defied the President of th.3 United States who had asked that, there should be no discrimination toward colored workers in this coun try.” The company was finally forced to take back all the men, including the discharged Negroes. In a letter to Stevenson, Presi dent Green said: • “The best interests of the Amer ican Federation of Labor will he served by accepting Negro workers into membership in our unions and by acording them an opportunity to work in manufacturing plants where AFL unions are certified xs collective bargaining agents. I cam see by this policy and that you ane officially trying to carry it into ef fect.” 1