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L ARGEST ACCREDITED NEGRO NEW SPAPER WEST OF CHICAGO AND NORTH OF KANSAS CITY —MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED NEGRO PRESS
EuXJacS.^te0"^. ffiv1"*' Nebra!,1“ Saturday, April 3,1943 ■ -OUR 16th YEAR-No. 8 City Edition, 5c Copy
on dii y in Africa National Negro Health Week, April 4*11, 1943
. . Thrf*. Anny nurses- members of a group of thirty nurses on
luty in Liberia. They are in charge of Chief Nurse, First Lieutenant
susan E Freeman, Stratford, Connecticut. This picture was taken
lefore their departure. The nurses in this picture are Lieutenant
nana \\ B. August, Atlanta, Georgia; Lieutenant Rosemary Vincent,
r r ^lchlgan; and LieUtenant.Harri3’ °/ Rochester. Pennsylvania.
7/Ah, Now, Mr. Farley!"
McMillan Lauded
for Medical Work
in Portugal, Africa
The work of Omaha-reared L»r. I eign Missions.
A. M. McMillan as a Congrega
tional church medical missionary
in Angola, Portuguese West Africa
has been praised by the Portu
guese paper, O Lobito.
Commendation for Dr. McMillans
work and a translation of the art
icle was received by his mother
Mrs. Sarah Boone, 2892 Miami St.,
from the American Board for For
“Admirable, simply admirable,"
said the paper of Dr, McMillan's
work, commenting on his skill es
a surgeon and the fact that none
ever is turned from the hospital.
Dr. McMillan, well known in this
community, and a former member
of the Nebraska legislature and
a practicing physician here, has
been a missionary since 1930.
f Washington. April 3 (ANP) When
[ Jim Farley recently asked the peo
ple of the United States to lay a
side politics until 1944, there was
much chuckling behind his back;
for if any one every played polit
ics for all it is worth. Jim Farley
is that man—and he plays it night
and day, in season and out season.
His recent trip around the country
was certainly not connected with
politics for he did’t consult a single
politician—he consulted them in
droves. So after be made his
memorable swing, he comes back
and very pontifically asks the rest
of the country to refrain from pol
itics until 1944!
The funny part aoout it is that
the Republicans will be the only
ones to believe Mr. Farley and
take him at his word. The Denio
Former Omaha Boy
Finishes Preflight Trainin’
Tuskegee, Ala.. March 31—Cadet
Woodrow F. Morgan recently com
pleted his pre-flight training at the
Tuskegee Army Flying School and
has been assigned to the Primary
Training Det. chment at Tuskegee
Institute, Asa. He is a former
crats will be busy mending fences
and speaking over the radio at ev
ery possible chance and giving out
nice fat jobs.
The Republicans will be waiting
patiently until the appointed day
and then make furious futile ef
forts to offset what the Democrats
built up over a period of years.
It is reported that Farley was
seeking a place on the next presi
dential ticket from the Democratic
Party. That he is still sore with
student of *be University of Kan
saa.
Cadet Morgan, prior to his on
Ustment in the Aviation Cadei
Corps, was an employee of tf»<=
Quartermaster Office of this base
His brother, Seaman First Class
Oceala Morgan Jr., is in the Uni
ted States Navy. He is the son of
Mrs .Alma Morgan 0f 2907 North
27th St, Omaha, Nebraska.
Roosevelt is well known in all cir
cles and his thirst for revenge has
the administration pondering- over
his next move.
Meanwhile, it is considered in
informed circles a foregone con
clusion that Roosevelt will name
himself as the candidate for a four
th term on the Democratic ticket,
but whether he will take Wallace
with him or not be a matter of
political expediency. If Roosevelt
feels that Wallace is a hindrance,
he will drop him as quickly as he
did Gamer. There was never any
love lost between Roosevelt and
Garner—Garner wisely keeps his
counsel and says nothing, but it is
genreally known that Garner was
gagged during the entire time he
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2 HEALTH OX THE HOME
FRONT—
VICTORY OX THE WAR
FRONT
1943 NATIONAL NEGRO
HEALTH WEEK APRIL 4-11
CHALLENGES THE HOME.
family and community
TO KEEP PHYSICALLY FIT
Realizing that war is Serious
business and that modern warfare
is not only all-out for effort, hut
also all in in inclusiveness of ev
ery man. woman, and child, home
family and community, this year's
National Negro Health Week em
phasizes the need of basic good
health and withal, good morale.
Victory of the four freedoms and
te establishment of a new world of
peaceful and useful pursuit of hap
piness and security can not be
gained by wishful thinking or by
careless "business-oMlving as us
ual" or by pagan devotion to cus
toms and desires that weaken and
destroy the substance and the spir
it of a wholesome and virile de
mocracy.
The formulas for the preserva
tion and promotion of vigorous
health, the measures of disease
Prevention, and the means for
Protection of the community are
not as complex as our indulgenc
es and indifferences ofttimes make
them seem to be. They are exact
ing. being scientific in nature and
they do not await the convenience
or abide by the wishes and time
liness—yes, and some effort—are
essential to the effectual use of
the aids that study, reasearch, in
vention and production have provid
ed for the human family, it is
man’s opportunity and duty to
choose well the ways and means of
life and faithfully to follow them.
Chaplain Reveals Unjust, Prejudiced White Officers*
Brutality Towards Negro Soldiers
SAYS COMMANDERS WHO READ NEGRO
NEWSPAPERS ARE THE FAIREST
WASHINGTON, April 2 (ANP)—Graphic eye
witness stories of brutality by white officers toward
Negro soldiers in the Southers Pacific area of war
were told this week to the Associated Negro Press
by Chaplain Luther Marion Fuller, who has been
called back here to face courtmartial proceedings,
allegedly for certain of his efforts in behalf of col
ored soldiers which violates army rules.
Rev. Fuller, a prominent easternl
pastor before joining the armed
forces as a chaplain with the 24 cli
Infantry at Ft. Benning, Ga., in
June, 1941, and who saw action in
the South Sea Islands combat zone
just below the Solomon Islands,
spoke particularly of the attitude
of their white officers to members
of a coast artillery, anti-aircraft
regiment. This is the same group
which, when assigned to guard
duty in Pennsylvania, shortly after
American entry into the war, a
■woke one morning to find notices
on the bulletin boards threatening
death *© 'ho^c who became ovei*.
friendly with white women.
At the same time the chaplain
said he observed that those white
commanding officers who read Ne
gro newspapers and thus were able
to understand what the Negroes'
felt were the fairest in their treat
ment of coolred soldiers.
“One of the finest pieces of
work that the Negro press has ev
er done (and this is putting it
very conservatively), is uncovering
the great wrongs and injustices
heaped upon the Negro soldiers in
the U ,S. Army.” said Rev. Fuller.
“During the entire period of my
service colored soldiers both at
home and abroad have said that
the Negro papers are their source
of comfort and inspiration.
“All of the officers in regiments
where we have served and who
read the Negro papers and tried
to understand the colored man and
the conditions under which he is
laboring and striving, were always
men who treated the colored sold
iers in a kind and just manner.
At Ft. Benning, a certain comm
anding officer w-as seen reading
the Pittsburgh Courier, AfrO-Am
erican. Chicago Defender and oth
er Negro newspapers on every
Saturday or Monday mornings
when we went to his office.
“He was trying to see just what
all the trouble was about concern
ing the bad treatment of Negro
soldiers, and he was determined
that no such treatment would be
given out in his unit. We found
him to be one of the most fair
minded and just commanding off
icers we have ever worked with.
The colored soldiers really loved
him for he would never allow them
to be mistreated by the white of
ficers.
“There was anotner commanding
officer at the same post, who, it
is said, would never allow a Negro
newspaper to come into his office,
and we can trUlyfully say that the
Negro soldiers in his regiment
were always in the dog house, i nd
irir~®nly concern was t» remain at
the head of a Negro regiment in
order to get a promotion to a high
er rank, which he never succeed
ed m getting.
“We went from Fort Benning to
New- York City, to California and
then to the South Sea Islands with
a certain coast artillery (AA) group
In this latter regiment we never
saw a white commissioned officer
reading a Negro newspaper at any
time and, according to the enlisted
m^n's own testimony, this regi
ment w-as one of the worst govern
ed and administered, and cruel
and abusive in regard to treatment
of the soldiers, and the least train
ed of all the Negro regiments in
the army. According to one first
sergeant, this organization ‘is the
popular fallacy of the war depart
ment at Washington, and should
have never been sent into foreign
service.’
“Another enlisted man said: The
white officers of this regiment
have been so cruel and abusive
in thei rtreatment of Negro sold
iers from Fort Bragg, N. C„ to the
South Sea Islands that the latter
have little or no respect for their
superiors.'. Still another enlisted
member of this organization said:
‘OUr white commissioned officers
treat us more like work horses,
lower animals, and niggers than
like real soldiers. I came over
here to be a real soldier and to
fight and die for my country if
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h.J. Pinkett Writes
in ‘ WR' Public Pulse
THE OLD AND
NEW RUSSIA
Omaha: Vour reasoning seem.,
to suggest that our international
relations with Russia, because Rus
sia has a form of government
fundamentally different from on:
will be fraught with danger. In
this connection it may not be a
miss to recall that we conducted
our international affairs with Rus
sia when she was an absolute mon
archy.
There is one difference between i
the old absolutism and the new: J
under the old system 98 percent ,
of the people of Russia were -Hit
•rate; under the new regime, 98
percent are literate; only 2 per
cent illiterate.
The old regime had many cen
turies of power; the new regime
has had but the quarter of one.
In that one quarter may one sug
gest that Russia has laid the foun
dation for a great democracy in
fact through the education of all
her people.
At least we may hope that this
shall be. Meantime, in the light
of the "miracle” of the Russia of
today, we may feel quite safe in
dealing with her as with "demo
cratic empires.”
H. J. PIXKETT
March On Washington Movement
TO FIGHT LYNN CASE
DEMAND NON-SEGREGATED
ARMY IN AMERICA
(by WILFRED H. KERR)
New York (Calvin's News Serv
ice)—At a conference held on Mar
ch 24th in New York, the March
Gn Washington Movement decided
to fight the Lynn case to the limit.
Mr. A. Phillip Randolph, nation
ally known labor organizer and
President of the MOW., and Miss
Pauline Myers, its executive Sec
retary, both agreed that the case
was a concrete issue in the strug
gle for full democracy and a non
segregated Army in America.
Winfred Lynn is a Jamaica, L. I.
Negro who. while expressing his
desire to fight for Amercia, refus
ed to obey his induction order be
cause he was opposed to a segre
gated Army. Lynn is now at
Camp Shelby, Alabama, and is su
ing his superior officer to show
cause why he should be detained
in a Negro regiment.
The MOW will sponger a mons
ter mass meeting in New York on
April 22. The place is to be an
nounced later. Mr. A. Phillip
Randolph will be the principal
speaker and other prominent speak
ers white and Negro will be intro
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duced.
Present at the conference besid
es Mr. Randolph, and Miss Myers,
were Mr. Wilfred H. Kerr. of. the
Brooklyn Branch of the NAACP.
Mr. Morris Milgrim Qf the Work
ers Defense League and Mr.
Dwight McDonald, writer and au
thor of the article, "The Novel
Case of Winfred Lynn” which ap
peared in the Nation of Feb. 20 and
brought the case to the attention
of all America.
The MOW is also planning a
pamphlet on discrimination in the
Army and the Lynn case will be
discussed there.
I Augusta, Ga„ April 2 (ANP) —
Mrs O.llie Gay died Wednesday at
: the University hospital of poison
! taken when unidentified persona
told her that her son, a soldier
stationed oversea with the Amer
ican army, was drowned, according
to the office of Coroner R. Allen
Effiott. who is conducting an in
vestigation.
Officials said that the woman
took the lye immediately after be
ing told that her son had been
drowned while fighting somewhere
with the army. They say that re
ports indicate that the boy is alive
somewhere Overseas. A telegram
was sent to the army post office
in California with the hope that a
cable to the son will reach him ad
vising him of his mother's death.
Coroner Elliott in commenting
on the situation said, "That's what
lose talk and idle rumors will do
to the innocent in this war.”
EXCLUSIVE WHITE CLUB
PRAISED BY NEGRO WOMEN
ON RACE ISSUE
New York (CNS)—Mrs. Anna
Hedgeman. one of the two Negro
. women who are members of the
| Midtown Club, said this week. "It
| has been inspiring to me to see
\ the way the women of the Mid
town Club have faced the race’
question."
The State Federation of Busin
ess and Professional Womens
•Clubs has protested the member
ship of these two Negro women
and has tried to revoke the club's
charter granted last July, declar
ing that it was given through a
clerical error. The Midtown Club
replied by filing a suit in Supreme
Court last week.
“The significance of the case. ’
Mrs. Hedgeman said, “is the use
of fascists techniques. As Pearl
Buck has pointed out, Nozism be
gan in women’s groups in Germany
as well as in political groups, with
the increased responsibility of
women in the world these days,
‘undemocratic practices whether in
club autonomy, educational pr»
grams. or other activities become
more and more important.”
Mrs. Hedgeman, although a mem
ber of several war organizations,
the YWCA National Board and an
executive on the Committee of Ne
gro Women, was asked to become
amember of the Midtown Club by
its president. Mrs. Annette Smith
Lawrence. She at first hesitated
to accept, because of her other du
ties. but finally consented and
found herself very interested in
the affairs.
“Mrs. Lawrence assured me”,
continued Mrs. Hedgeman, ‘dt
would not be a token membership.
I was interested in her work at the
Council Against Intolerance, so I
agreed to join. In America, the
Negro is still a second class citiz
en. Usually, he goes armed at ev
ery moment, always expecting
something. But this group was so
interesting. I forgot to stay arm
ed:"
The other Negro member is Miss
Marguerite Roache, 23, a steno
grapher at the Brooklyn Navy
Yard. She was asked to join the
club by Mrs. Lawrence, whom she
met when she was stenographer
receptionist at the Council Against
Intolerance.
R. B. ELEAZER RETIRES FROM
INTERRACIAL COMMISSION
STAFF
Atlanta, April 1 (ANP)— R. B.
Eleazer .educational director of
the Commission on Interracial Co
operation for nearly 25 years, lias
retired from the staff. However,
he intends to continue working in
the cause of interracial understand
ing and is hopeful of a suitable
opportunity' to carry on.
While serving as director. Mr.
Eleazer did much to aid public
school teachers and college in
structors. His monographs. "Am
erica's enth Man," and “Under
standing Our Neighbors." of which
70,000 have been used, served as
valuable aids to teachers in creat
ing a better understanding among
races.
In a letter to the members of the
commission. Will w. Alexander,
former executive director, now
chairman of the board, wrote: "Mr.
Eleazer submitted his resignation
as a member of the staff. After
serious consideration, the execut
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Mrs. Mabel Washington
Dies; Buried Last Monday
Mrs. Mabel Washington, 51 years of age, of 2224
Grant St., was found dead in bed Mrs. Washington's funeral was
last Friday morning by her hus- held Monday at 2 p. m. from Myers
band ,L. L,. Washington, prominent Funeral Home. Mrs. Washington
businessman of this city. The is survived by her husband, I,ee.
rescue squad was called and an a daughter, Nalda, a mother, Mrs.
attempt was made to rivive her, Georgia Hunter, and her brother
but she was pronounced dead by Bracy Hunter, all of Omaha.
tbe police physician. Burial at Forest Lawn cemeterv.
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Shortages Cause
Bank's Closing
HAD AME ZION FINANCIAL.
DEPARTMENT FI NDS
Chrlotte. N. C„ April 3 (ANP)—
i Discovery of shortages of $326,531
in the accounts of the Bank of
Black Mountain, N. C„ resulted
in its closing Wednesday by state
and federal officials. This bank
was the depository for funds of
the financial department of the
AME. Zion church. Dr. W. w.
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ive committee accepted Mr. Eleaz
er's resignation and for this year,
a tleast, voted to make him a re
tiring allowance in recognition of
the long time services which he
has rendered the commission.”
In recognition of his efforts to
ward creating better racial rela
tions, Dr. Rufus E. Clement, presi
dent of Atlanta university, pre
pared resolutions for the commis
sion. expressing its deep gratitude
for Mr. Eleazer's work.
Slade financial secretary-, with
headquarters here.
How the church came to have its
funds in a small country bank 150
miles from headquarters is a ques
tion being asked by many leaders
of that denomination. It was ex
plained that Dr. Slade was a pers
onal friend of the bank president
and after moving to Charlotte he
continued doing business with the
institution. It is understood that
a large portion of the funds of the
financial departmnet only were on
deposit and the closing does not
eflfect rthe monies Controlled by
other church departments.
Beacuse church acounts are un
derstood to have preferred states,
it is believed the AME loss will
not be great although authorities
have not revealed the amount in
volved. Federal insurance covers
deposits up to $5,000.
/
Bank officials are said to have
The National Negro Health Week
Program has a formula, too—one
that Provides a "least common de
nominator” approach to the bene
fits inherent in the home, church,
school and civic organization and
the ealth and welfare agencies and
organizations, designed to reach
the ultimate consumer—every com
munity, home and family tha;
needs them—with information
easy to read and understand and
directions easy to follow. Never
before was team-work for the com
mon good so necessary. Do your
Part to make the health of the
People the strength of the nation.
Wars come and go, but life go
es on forever. If the people will
learn well the bitter lessons of the
Preparedness for and th prosecu
tion of the war, store in their con
ciousne.ss. the patterns of safe and
sane living, build into their bod
i ies strength aPn resistance, and
observe the golden rule of "on
for all and all one one” in a coop
erative society—this world conflict
terrible as it is, will not have be-n
a total loss, and better living in
better communities in a better na
tion will be a welcome compensa
tion.
admitted responsibility for the
shortage and to have “faked" their
accounts. The institution was tap
italized at $80,000 and had resourc
es iisted as amounted to $1,150,000.
HOWARD TO HEAR SANDBURG
Washington, April 2 (ANP) Carl
Sandburg, noted author, lecturer,
and biographer of Abraham Lin
coln, will speak in the Andrew
Rankin Memorial chapel of How
ard university on Wednesday April
14, it was announced Monday.
FINED $100
Mrs. Willie Bell, 2423 Erskinc
j street, arrested last week as the
keeper of a common, ill-governed
house following a raid, was fined
one hundred dollars by Mully
Judge O’Brien. Five inmates w-ere
given 5 day suspended sentences.
.APPOINTED TO POST OFFICE
Mrs. Ruth Caswell .former Om
ahan, has been appointed a clerk
in the Chicago Post Office. Mrs.
Caswell is the former Ruth Wash
ington, niece of Mrs. Cecelia \\
Jew-eii.
FIVE NATIONALITIES WAR ON THE AXIS
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actory at Lymn Mass. They represent five nationalities. Prom left to right: Evelyn Savory Amencan l^e
socira, Greek, Marie St. Pierre, French; Frances Goonyep, Chinese, and Gertrude Hilenski, Polish Some ol
indent ™th but OBe*third the diameter of the human hair. Dust
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