LARGEST ACCREDITED NEGRO NEWSPAPER WEST OF CHICAGO AND NORTH OF K ANSAS CITY —MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED NEGRO PRESS Ega /S#*' N8brael“ Saturday, S.pt. 11. 1943 OUR 16th YEAR-No. 31 City Edition, 5c Cow ANP Exposes Rife Prejudicesr sc Irregularities at Ft. Huachuca : of Good Readin ’ j - . i< I Post Commander, Ala. General, Calls Men “Niggers”; Restricts Training to Marches, Drills; Wants Them To Go Abroad; Troops Say They’re Untrained TUCSON. Ariz., Sept. 8 (ANP>— Confidential information has been obtained by the Associated Negro Press of startling and sensational discriminatory practices imposed upon soldiers of the 92nd infantry division stationed at Fort Hllach uca. Sources cannot be revealed for fear of reprisals upon the in formants. The shameful situation threatens to develop into a national scandal, and more important, according to observors, unless the federal gov ernment and the army high comm and takes immediate, forthright ac tion to correct the disgraceful con ditions. it is believed that all the fury of an overseas battlefield will explode in this desert community Black American soldiers who a few months before had entered the U. S. army filled with patriotic de termination to help win the war lor democracy, even to the point cf sacrificing their lives, are now re ported to be enmeshed in the dol drums of frustration and despair, as a direct result of the heartbreak ing inhuman teatment meted out to them by commanding general and white officers alike. Specifically the shocking charges made by army personnel attached to the fort are: 1. That the commanding gener al, E. M Almond, of Anniston, Ala. refers to his Negro charges both in and out of their presence as “nig gers." 2. That the commanding gener al is formulating plans to convince f war, and Brig. General Benjam in O. Dovis, inspecting general from the inspector general's office, Washington, on a recent inspection !here found conditions to be “in ex cellent shape," morale "high", training "good”, and the overal picture “gratifying.” Personnel at the army post are said to be greatly puzzled over how they can reconcile the vicious dic tums of Gen. Almond and his staif of white officers to peachments cf a nation pledged in a war to carry the four freedoms and democracy to the far corners of the world. Rumors are being circulated in Tucson that the soldiers are so res tive under the “slaveocracy” rule at the camp that a flareup of ser ious proportions is expected almost momentarily. Only positive inier venfon of the federal government with drastic ptgiishmet delivered upon the heads of responsible au thorities is seen as a possible nre veniative. Soldiers complain that at a rec ent meeting of mess officers and mess sergeants Gen. Almond deplor ed the alleged waste of food ard d clared before the mixed group: (continued on pag-et-3?“2) Texas Minister To Conduct Salem Revival Elks to Chi' in *44 Pittsburgh. Pa..—Grand Exalted Ruler J. Finley Wilson, in a state ment this week to the representa tive of this paper said he was proud to announce that the Grand Eodge and Grand Temple Conven tion had adopted unanimously a resolution making Chicago. Illin ois its meeting place for 1944. In the above picture is shown left:— the Grand Exalted Ruler and Dir trict Deputy (Chicago) Exalted Rul er James W. McCaskell. Mr. Wil son will attend the Baptist Conven tion in Chicago and will be the house guest of the McC&skelU. He tlho announced that more than 1125,000 dollars worth of savings bonds had been purchased by the members of his organization at the convention. (Press Photo Service). U. S. Calls... To I S. B. Danley. who will head th# U. S. Employment Office some where in the Hawaiian Islands left from an unannounced port >o toe I West Coast this week to take up j his duties. Mr. Danley and family were honored last week in Chic ago at the Alpha House where V. S. Treasurer representative Will iam Pickens directed the farewell cennony. Pictured above are Mr. | Danley and family, Margaret lb. left Mrs. Danley. Theresa and Mr. Danlty seated. The family will leave for Hawaii as soon as the government can arrange transport ation. which it is said within a few weeks. Acting as special repres entative for U .S. Government Em ployet Service in Washington for the past six months, Mr. Danley ia well prepared for his new posi tion. He is a graduate of the Uni versity of Southern California and has done graduate work at the Un i versity of Chicago, Fisk and North ■—<-.-■» ^ rL-Tzzmczi'mai&TSt western. His family resides at 6154 Evans Avenue, Chicago. (Press Photo Service.) 4 MEDICS TO SERVE ARMY WIVES Birmingham. Sept. 9 (AXP) Four teen Negro doctors here have giv en their consent to cooperate with maternal home delivery program or wives of enlisted men in all branches of the service, attaches in the Jefferson County Health de partment indicated this week. Doctors agree to give their ser vices for the minimum rate of SC5. Prospects were doubtful as to whe ther the Jefferson hospital, in View of the need of 12 nurses, would be able to undertake the program. Authorities expressed the feeling that provisions would be made for the wives of colored enlisted men in the event Che hos pital program was put into oper ation. BAPTIST CONVENTION GETS UNDER-WAY Reelection Expected 1 Dr. Jemison • • • Chicago, Sept. 9 (ANP>—The larg est body of organized Negroes in the world, the National Baptist convention. Inc., representing more than 4,000,000 persona is holding its annual meeting in Chicago Tuesday through Sunday with head quarters at Monumental Baptist Church. Over 5,000 delegates and 3.000 visitors were expected to at tend. The opening session was held Tuesday at the Eighth Regiment armory. The Rev. James L. Hor ace. pastor of Monumental Baptist church and president of the Bap tist General State convention of Illinois, announced that in a very chort time the convention sub-com mittees had planned a significant and comprehensive program giving special attention to housing, trans portation and entertainment for the delegates and visitors. One of the outstanding attract ions was a pre-convention musical at the armory Tuesday night at which a 1,000 voice chorus under the direction of Willa Jones, Tho mas A. Dorsey, George A. Gullat: and Dr. A . J. Offord appeared. The general convention session opened Wednesday morning. Mrs. S. W. Layten of Philadel phia .president of the Women's Auxiliary, and Mrs. Jessie C. Japp, first vice president and general • hair-man of the Chicago branch, made elaborate preparations tor the women’s convent,uu w.iich met at Olivet Baptist church. The youth sessions, directed by Miss Primrose Punches, western director of the young people's de partment of the convention. are being held at Pilgrim Baptist church. The Primrose chorur, a group of youth singers directed by *fiss Ethyl Helena Smith, is appear ng on the program. On Friday evening, a Citizens Victory reception will be heid at the Parkway hall to honor, the na tional, htate and local officers of the convention. Mayor Edward J. Kelly and Hon. Wendell L. Wiilkie hre expected to address this gath ering. Numerous courtesy receptions have been planned. Rev. Horace has cooperating with him these members of the executive commit t -e; Rev. C. V. Johnson and J. H. Jackson, co-chairmen; W .A. John son. general secretary; Rev J. O. Austin, youth group; Rev. N. C. Lunceford, laymen; Rev. J. H. Jackson, women and Rev. Sterling A. Crayhon, moderators. Dr. D. V. Jemison cf Selma. Ala., is the president of the convention and is gyptctt ' to be reelected. The national and local officers ''■*’1 be honored with presentations cf v ar bonds and stamps. The convention is cooperating with me United States Treasury depar m .nt a rutting ever it.i third srn: l._ap drive. Baptist? have bought bonds o a large extent and have a >mrn • r cf chaplains serving whn ’.he ar >ied forces 2 Tomato Pickers Burn To Death Living In Chicken Coop, Says NAACP Reporter Quakertown, Pa.,—The State will eek the oonviction of Edward O. Mastin for the deaths of Willie Cooper and Mrs. Odell May, Negro migratory workers who were burn ed to death here August 17 in a barn on the Mastin farm on Route No. 2. It Is expected that the case will be tried early in October. A personal investigation by John Grantham, president of the Lehigh Valley NAACP Branch, revealed that the victims were two of fifty emigratory workers who were brought from Florida by a white contractor to gather in the tomato crop on the Mastin farm. Tomato es picked by these workers are sold to the government through the Campbell Soup Company. Most of the workers are housed in chicken coops; the largest being about 7 feet square and only 5 feet in height. Grantham said in his report "workers along with their children are living in these small chicken coops—and these little coops, even if they were fit to live in, are tioo small for a couple to live in comfortably—but the most horrible thing of all is that nearly every worker has a large family and he and his family live in these small houses.._This condition is worst than slavery could have ev er been.’’ Unable to take pictures of the housing provided for work ers. Grantham submitted to the NAACP national office a free hand sketch of the chicken coops which he described as filthy and unfit for human habitation. Though dissatisfied with the con ditions under which they have been forced to live, the workers said that they have not been able to earn enough money for railroad fares. Tho deceased persons were living in a barn and were burned to death at midday when they were trapped by a fire on the third floor. Thera was only one exit and one worker suffered a broken back when he Attempted to leap from a window; Another was severely burned. At the coroner's hearing at Quak ertown on August 27, the coroner’s jury held Mastin responsible for the death of the two workers. Prentice Thomas .member of the NAACP national legal staff attend ed the hearings. Evidence presented at the hear ing showed that several families llived in the barn. Some of the persons had oil stoves on which they cooked. The barn was filled with hay and other inflammable material. There were no fir“ es capes; the only exit being through one door and the windows. District Attorney Edward Blist er. Doylestown. Pa., said that :n order for the state to make its case it would be necessary for Claude Jack.ion, one of the workers who last saw the deceased persons s jkve. to appear as a witness. Jaek json has agreed to remain in the state. SIXTY JEWISH. PROTEST \NT. AND ROMAN CATHOLIC CLERGYMEN MEET TO ABOLISH RACE RI0T8 Chicago, HI., (Special to Press Photo Service) —An appeal to gov ernment officials and all citizens. I SALEM TO START REVIV AL SUNDAY SEPT. 12TH The Salem Baptist Church’s City Wide Revival begins Sunday, Sept. 12th conducted by Evangelist O. R. j Short, D. D. of Bonham. Texas. The entire populace is invited and urged to attend and all Relig ous agencies are asked to cooper ate. Time Sunday', Sept. 12th, 1943. Place 28th at Decatur Sts., at the Salem Baptist Church. 14 States Takeup Gov. Griswold's Hog Wager Fourteen states have taken Gov ernor Griswold Up on his offer to bet a Nebraska hog against any atate which thinks that it will over* subscribe its Third War Loan quota by more percentage points than does Nebraska. The bets range all the way from a buffalo thrown in by Governor John C. Vivian of Colorado to peanuts and tobacco anted by the great State of Virgin ia. 'Some of these States have a lot lower quota than our $103,000.00." said Griswold, “but knowing the people of Nebraska as I do. I'l say that with any luck at all we should definitely come out on t«p.’’ The States taking Governor Gris wold up and the Third War I.oan quotas assigned to them by Wash ington are as follows: Arkansas, $58,000,000; Colorado, $72,009,000: Idaho. $25,000,000: Ill inois, $921,000,000; Indiana. $257, 000,000; Iowa, $196,000,000; Kansas $112,000,000; Michigan, $451,000,000; Minnesota. $216,000,000; North Dak ota. $29,000,000; Oklahoma $100,000 #00; Vermont. $153,000,000; Wiscon sin, $298,000,000. Wm. S. Lawson Dies PIONEER RESIDENT Mr. William S. Lawson, age 69 years, died Monday morning at his home, 2511 Corby Street, after an extended illness. Mr. Lawson came to Omaha! fifty-one years a go and was former head waiter at a local hotel for a number of years. Mr. and Mrs. Lawson were marr ied July 15, 1892 and to this union were born ten children, all who sur vive. Last year Mr. and Mrs. Lawson celebrated their Golden Wedding Anniversary-. Mr. Law r.on was a member of Zion Baptist Church and was a man who was genial, hospitable and an ideal companion and a warm-hearted friend. He is survived by his wife. Mrs. Eva Lawson, seven daughters, Mrs. Blanche Blair, Mrs. Grace Stanley, Mrs. Bertha Moore. Mrs. Ruth Rice, Mrs. LaVene DeLispice. theesons , Mr. William S. Lawson, Jr.. Mr. Clifford Lawson. Mr. Lysle Lawson, all of Omaha, one sister. Mrs. Mildred Parks, Pittsburgh, Pa. twenty-one grand children and three great grand-children. The body- lay in state at The ^homas Funeral Home until the funeral hour. Funeral services' |Were held at 2 p. m. Thursday from Zion Baptist Church with bur ial at Forest Lawn Cemetery. “To use all foresight in creating the atmosphere in which no battles between our people can occur” was onnounj. A significant factor to bear in mind s that despite the temporary set back the firemen experienced, t-ie asis of their case is no less pert inent today. Instead, it is felt in some circles, with qualified justi fication that the case is more im portant today than ever befor -. This feeling is prevalent because of the greater number of facta which have been compiled, and be cause a victory for the Colored f:re men at this time when bias against Negroes and the general reaction ary spirit it at its highest peuk, would hail a smashing defeat on the biased Railroad Brotherhoods. It also might signal by a prec3dent turn toward a more liberal atli ude in America. iitiiiiiiiifiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiHiHi,, THE OMAHA GUIDE IS YOUR PAPER— READ IT WEEKLY. Subscribe Today!