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LARGEST ACCREDlfED NEGRO NEWSPAPER WEST OF CHICAGO AND NORTH OF KANSAS CITY —MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED NEGRO PRESS
N,bn“k‘ Jjgturday^pt. 4. 1943 OUR 16th YEAR-Xo. 30 City Edition. 5c Copy
Roosevelt Post No. 30 Gets State Board’s Approval On'
Resolution Granting Charters tor Soiithern*Negro Vets
SUPERVISOR
at St. Agnes Hospital
- Raleigh, N. C.
MISS MARY HEDDE WIGGINS
returns South after spending a
very- pleasant vacation with her
parents. Dr. and Mrs. H. Wiggins.
Whil here Miss Wiggins was ap
pointed to tii - Nurs.ng Staff at the
Douglas County Hospital, but
while there she was called to her
present pou.tion as supervisor in
St. Ague.. Hospital, her Alma Mater
at Raleigh. North Carolina. *
St. Agnes is now under a new
eetup. and has new equipment and
other improvements.
Jl'DGE JAMES S. WATSON
ELFXTEI) MEMBER OF
AMERICAN BAR ASSN.
Chicago. IU.,—At the Mlfc ■•■non.
al meeting of the Amer.can Bar
Association in the Drake Hotel,
Friday. August 27th, Judge James
S. Watson, of New York City, was
elected a member. The same group
had denied the application of At
torney Francis S. Rivers, also c-f
New York City. Judge Watson
was admitted to the bar in 1914 and
is a member of the New York Conn
tv Lawyer’s Society. His spoils >r
was Lt. Colonel Poleiti. former gov
ernor of New York. More than 1,
400 lawyers attended the meeting.
Leathernecks Celebrate 1st Anniversary
ELKS PARADE THRILLS PITTSBURG
Howard P. Perry Was
First Negro Inductee
New River, NC. Sept. 3 tANP)—
Appropriate ceremonies were held
last week at the training center in
Camp Lejeune celebrating the first
anniversary' of the induction of
Howard P. Perry of Charlotte, the
f'rst Negro admitted>nto the Mar
ine "fcorps.
Since their enrollment a year a
go the •‘Leathernecks” have adv
anced rapidly in the service re
porting today several corporals and
sergeants. Many have been as
signed to battle areas overseas,
while others have demonstrated an
uncanny knowledge of amphibious
tactics. The marines liave also or
ganized athletic clubs and orches
tra and a glee lub as extra curric
ular activities.
original^ uie camp s te for the
1.200 men expected to be enlisted
was a small plot of ground, but has
been expanded into seven different
lamps because of increase and en
rollments. Montford Point Camp
Mo. 1, although in process of con
struction is being partially used
for the training of new recruits.
It is larger than all the other camps
put together. Additional Negroes
ire planned for the corps in the
future and these likewise will re
-Qfrre.. their basic training here.
Use The Omaha Guide
As A—
Medium of Advertising
Ala. Enforces
‘ Work or
Fight Dictum’
Birmingham. Sept. 3 (AXP) Birm
ingham police this week were busy
setting up machinery £'or pitting
Into effect Governor Chauncey
Sparks’ "work or fight” order. )el
t'erson County’s Sheriff Kolt ilc
Dowell said that he had iastructed
deputies to round up all vagrants
without regard to race or color and
put them in the county jail. City
police were similarly instructed.
Sheriff McDowell revealed that
400 placards with the “work or
fight” order written on them were
being placed in the city’s pool halls
barber shops and places of recrea
tion.
The placard reads as follows:
"As governor of Alabama, I have
i istructed all law enforcement a
gencies to enforce the state vag
rancy law. Idleness will not bo
tolerated while our men are fight- 1
ing and there is need for food and
weapons. The law defines a vag
rant as: “Any able bodied person
having no property sufficient for
hk support who loafs, loiters, or.
idles in any city, town or village, ;
or upon a public highway or in any ;
public place in the state without
regular employment, and any oe-- J
son over the age of 21. able to j
work and who does not work ard
y
Annual Elk Reports
Show Large Gains
Pittsburgh^ Sept. 3 (ANP) —The
grand lodge and grand temple iElks
of the World, was in full swing
last week following the most pic
turesque and colorful parade in its
history', and the formal awarding
of prizes and trophies at the Con
clusion of the annual ball where
6,0*0 participated in the grand
march led by Grand Exalted Rul
er J. Finley Wilson and Mrs. Wil
son. •
Lining the streets to view the
parade were nearly 80 percent of
Pittsburgh’s 75,000 Negro inhabit
ants. swollen by thousands of whit
es to whom world Elk fame has
spread. Salves of applause greeter!
the paraders, as they climbed and
descended Pittsburgh’s semiterual
hills.
Reelection of Grand Secretary
.Tames E. Kelley of Birmingham.
(continued on pageJEgr^)
has no property sufficient for his
support and has not some means
Of a fair, honest and reputable
livelihood.”
"Any person convicted of vag
rancy may be fined up to $500 and
sentenced to hard labor for not
more than 12 months.
J'A job is open to you now. thou
sands of workers are needed in
Alabama war industries and on the
farms. Apply for a job at the near
est office of the U. S. Employment
Service or to the county farm a
gent.”
Accuse State of :
of Siaveocracy
Bureau of PubHe Relation* 0. 8. War Department
SECRETARY OF WAR VISITS THE 99TH FIGHTER SQUADRON—Mr. Stimson is pictured her*
talking with Lt. Col. Benjamin •). Davis, Jr. Commanding Officer of the unit Lt Gen. Cari Spaatz,
Commander of the Northwest African Air Forces, is seen in the background. (Northwest African Air
Forces Photo.)
Florida
Practice
^ Orlando, Fla., Sept. 3 (ANT) -
Florida's slaveocraCy is still alive
said members of the Citrus ami Al
lied Workers union, CIO, when
they investigated the arrest of Otis
Nation, leader of the union
Nation was formally arres.el or.
a charge as doing business as an
emigrant agent with a license,
when his activities actually con
sisted of his supplying the War
.Manpower commission with a list
of names of unemployed union
members who might be referred to
jobs in Camden, N. J. to break a
labor shortage threatening to des
troy a tomato crop.
Nation who is slated to appear
before a jury during the week of
Sept. 13 is now at liberty under a
$2,000 bond.
Reports say that 438 Negro wor
kers who made the trip despite cit
rus growers' and shippers’ threats
are busily packing tomatoes in
Camden, mostly for the army. They
will return here Oct. 1, expenses
paid by the Campbell Co. All of
this is going on while Florida's
Atty. General Tom Watson goes
on preparing a case against Nation.
An article appearing in the Or
lando Morning Sentinel, revealed
that the newspaper regards any at
tempt to direct idle manpower to
work out of the state as “labor
theft.” The labor theft concept is
said to acquire special significance
when it is recalled that all the 4'JS
workers now in Camden are Ne
groes. All were previously em
ployed.
A picture In the Sentinel depicts
i minstrel show type Negro hold
(continued . pag“ 2)
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i Labor*
I Day
I 1943
by Rl'TH TAYLOR
Labor Day 1943 finds us ail wor
kers—workers and fighters in o
war against tyranny, against des
pots who would make us all slaves.
The wheels of production are hum
ming all over the land as an ans
wer to the challenge of those who
say that free men cannot do as
much voluntarily as can ranks of
regimented robots who work or
rest at the nod of a master.
Labor Day is a typically Amer
ican institution, bearing no resem
blance to the “labor days’’ observ
ed in Europe before the war. It
is not a “class day, drawing dis
tinctiqns between a downtrodden
“lower class” and a thin upper
crust of leisured and privileged in
dividual. It is not a day of pre
test against conditions as they are.
It is. instead, a day when the na
tion as a whole does honor to those
who labor. And that includes vir
tually every one of us, regardless
of class, creed or color.
j.ms country was rounded on the
theory that a nation could be weld
ed out of materials from all over
the world. The elder nations ow
ed their origins to grouping of var
ious peoples of the same stock or
tongue for protective purposes, or
to wars of conquest where a dom
inant group seized power -and as
similated or overlorded minority
factions.
Not so America. For the most
part this nation was founded on
hard work. For it took labor of all
kinds .to carve a nation out of Vir
gin wilderness, to make roads thru
trackless forests, to cross mighty
rivers, to find passes through the
snow crowned mountain heights
and to subjugate a continent. It
was labor that cleared lands, and
built townships, clustering around
those forerunners of Civilized life,
the church and the schoolhouse.
Our aristocracy has always been
made up from those whose work
was good, and who by their labor
of body and mind made easier and
better the paths of those who fol
lowed. Our scorn has always been
for the idler, for the man who took
advantage of what others had done
without Contributing either of
hand or brain to the common wel
fare. The men and women whom
we have chosen to honor have
been those—no matter from what
group they came—who have work
ed hard and done most for the
common good.
For this reason Labor Day is not
a day set apart for any one group
but a day which all may celebrate
We have learned that only those
things which are earned are endur
ing. that there is a task for each
and every one of us. Knowing
this, let us on this Labor Day in
the year of our Lord, 1943, rededi
cate ourselves to the tank set be
fore us, and so labor that we may
pass on to the next generation a
nation better and stronger for our
having lived and toiled therein,
and a heritage of accomplishment
to spur on to greater labor and
greater accomplishment those who
follow.
WHITE WOMAN STEALS
RATION BOOK, CASIT
Little Rock, Aug. 31 (AXP) Mrs.
Roberta Cornelius reported to po
lice last week that a white woman
snatched her purse containing $8
and ration books and fled. The
woman said she had left the pock
etbook with a small child while
she entered the Honey Hash cafe.
j CAREY INSTALLED
AS COMMANDER
COMMANDER J. C. CAREY_
having a fine supporting group,
has very definitely put the oomph
in the American Legion, was in
stalled Thursday evening. Sept, -nd
into office as Commander.
Post Well Represented
at Norfolk State Meet
Theodore Roosevelt Post No. 30,
American Legion, was well repre
sented at the 25th Annual Depart
ment Convention in a three day
session at Norfolk. Nebraska.
The delegates to the convention
were: Edward Turner, Ralph Un
derwood. Ray L. Williams, Dr. W.
W. Peebles and Earl Thomas, un
der the very able leadership of
their Commander, J .C. Carey.
The eventful trip to Norfolk was
completely successful as there was
more that was onstructively ac
complished than a tany previous
The success of retaining the
Spafford Trophy, an award for the
highest percentage of membership
not only for the current year .but
the two preoeeding years, was ac
claimed worth praise.
The Spafford Trophy has been
hotly contested for by Poets
throughout the State. It is a great
honor to retain this among the ar
chives of the Post. This feat has
never before been accomplished by
any individaul Post in the State.
The delegation received great ova
tion from the entire convention
and special commendat.on went to
the Department Commander .
Heading the list of achievements
was the convention going on rec
ord as endorsing a resolution of
the Post to be later presented to
the National Convention. which
will meet in Omaha, allowing Col
ored Ex-Servicemen to he granted
charters for American Legion posts
throughout the southern states,
where the states themselves have
refused to grant them charters.
Nebraska is among other states
endorsing the resolution. Honors
for its sponsorship in this area can
be claimed by Theodore Roosevelt
'Post. This was put into motion by
the Commander, who persistently
fought for the adoption of the res
olution and was -supported ty the
other delegates.
A check was given the Depart
ment Adjutant covering 1944 mem
berships, exceeding the member
ship quota by twenty-percent.
Among other highlights was the
Congenial exhortations between
Commander and Adjutant Turner.
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OFFICER TO FACE TRIAL
IN SHOOTTING
Self ridge Field. Mich..—Col. Wil
liam L. Boyd, commander of Sel
fridge field, announced Monday
that Col. W'illiam T. Colman, form
er commander of the air base, will.
be tried before a general court
martial September 6th for alleged
shooting of a Negro private. Col.
Colman is alleged to have shot Pvt.
William McCrae, 24, a chauffeur,
on May 5. McCrae was subse
quently released from tht station
| hospital.
MORE TROOPS ARRIVE IN
ENGLAND FOR ACTIVE Dl'TY
London. Sept. l(ANP) Thousands
of American soldiers including air
force personnel and Negro troops
have arrived in England it was an
nounced last week by the British
Press Association.
The voyage from the States was
an uneventful one the announce
ment added.
Spafford Trophy
**
The much highly prized add coveted Spafford
Trophy, having been won for three consecutive
years, by The Theodore Roosevelt Post No. 30 for
having the largest percentage gain in membership,
now is to remain in their permanent custody.
Business
M en
Cover
\ aried
7 opics
Baltimore. Sept. 2 (ANP) The
panel discussions at the National
Negro Business League meeting
here last week aroused comment |
because first, they were intensely
practical: second the delegates
stayed in the sessions religious1}-;
glued almost to their seats and
participated in. active, vigorous l
questioning.
1'he keynote address was deliv
ered by C. C. Spaulding, president !
emeritus of the league, Durham.
XC.. and president of North Caro
lina Mutual Life Insurance com J
pany.
tipeaKing to tne convention
tlume, “Negro Business Now an 1
in the Post War Period,” M>.
Spaulding said, “I believe N -gro^s
tM making progress in business to
day. We own two and a half hi!
lion dollars as a race. There is a
revival of confidence among our
own people. We have 40 odd lit
insurance companies, operating,
employing 7,000 or 8,000 Negro men
and women successfully. This war
is going to sober all of us. Coop
erate with your government Buv
war bonds in proportion to yovr
income. The only way to acquire
Citizenship is by being a cilizer.
Rationing of whiskey should take
place all over the United States.”
“We can’t provoke riots. You
business men must do everything
possible in your communities to
prevent any indication of a not.
Let us teach our people t t>
law abiding citizens. Get rid of
the loafers. Build up our comm
unities.
“Let us not let the color of our
skin have anything to do about it.
Nothing succeeds like sucee
Keep on pushing and pushing.
Keep your eyes on the goal. Study
the system of other business m*n.
how they go up. Let us stand on
our feet and be citizens. Folks
can get to know what we can do
by what we do. Clean up your
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ARREST JOE LOUIS
Washington, DC., (Special to the
Press Photo Service)—The fact
that Sgt. Joe Louis, won-id’s heavy
weight champion was arrested and
jailed by an MP. here a few days
ago, the incident has caused many
war officials to flood the "brown
bomber” with aplogies. The Sgt.
had violated a minor infraction of
Army regulations by wearing an
officer’s shirt with shoulder flaps
(as indicated by the arrow in the
above photo.) After reprimands
by Army authorities, the -'I’isti
ana King” was released. The ar
resting MP. is reported to hava
said that his orders were to
pick servicemen where ever he
saw them wearing unauthorized
army apparels. Sgt. Louis return
ed to his post at Camp Mead, Mary
land, where he resumed his train
ing activities.
NATIONAL URBAN
LEAGUE To CONVENE
IN CHICAGO SEPT. 28
New York City, NY...The Nat n
al Urban League will bold its 53rd
annual meeting in Chicago, Illin
ois on September 28th through Oct
ober 3rd, according to an announce
ment by the bodies’ national execu
tive secretary Lester B. Grange;-,
of this city. The League has 32
branches in the major cities of a
merica all cooperating with the
New York national office in fur
thering The organization’s purpose
of working for advancement of the
Negro and for improved interrac
ial relationships. Members of the
planning committee in Chicago
last week, under direction of A. L.
Foster. Chicago League’s executive
secretary, announced that “victory
through unity” will fie rh,-m .
Army Making England Like Jim-Crow South
Ik.n E. nuns MtKUlS AS
DIXIE OFFICERS SFCCEED
IN FORCING DISCRIMINA
TION: SOLDIERS BITTER;
FEAR MAJOR CLASHES
BETWEEN AMERICAN
TROOPS
NE WYORK. Sept. 2 (AXP) From
confidential sources which the As
sociated Negro Press has every rea
-on to believe competent and re
liable. and which the Associated
Negro Press will not reveal, the fol
lowing account of the American
Negro soldier in England has been
secretly received:
The conditions over here are
getting like those in the States,
white officers are doing a fair -,ob
in Convincing some British people
about the race problem. Most Ne
gro troops are gradually being
moved out of and away from the
cities to isolated camps. White
HP’s are usually placed in thc*e
vicinities and intimidate Negro
soldiers as well as the girls who
ar seen with them.
“Last week, there were at least
two riots over here. Another one
on July 1 and the last of May. Dur
-ing the last of May, two Negroes
were reported killed, more wound
ed and a white officer wounded
Had an awful time throughout the
night. One Negro officer practic
ally took charge of the camp. He
collected about 600 rifles in two
days. Started when a white MP
shot a Negro soldier.
“Last week, one started when
fights broke out between Negro
ana white soldiers in a small city
in northern England when white
•oldiers are report'd to have re
sented British girls being with Ne
gro soldiers. In a southern Eng
land city, there were a number tf
fights which started when a white
lieutenant made remarks about
some “Nigger soldiers and merch
ant men" who were passing. The
soldiers resented it. A riot was
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