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! i a i /JUSTICE/EQUALITY HEWTOTHEUNEX EQUAL OPPORTUNITY _ PHONE HA.0800 2+20 GRANT ST Jf ^ -Jr ^ Jr “Largest Accredited Negro Newspaper West of Chicago and North of KC■ ^ <2>- -Jr O -Jr Entered as 2nd class matter at Post-oftice. Omaha, Nebr., Under Act of C!„. i_in tnAA n i„,, „ __ March 8, 1874. Publishing Offices at 2420 Grant Street, Omaha, Nebt S&tlirdciy, NOV. 18, 1944 . . OllT I7th YCST No. 4l “I want.. I ” and before Order is Known 12 Weary Negro Seabees Step Forward AFTER TWO DAYS OF UNOADING SHIPS UNDER SHELL FIRE .... (by Technical Sgt. Donald A. Halt man Sr., of SI-01 30th Avenue, gLong Island City, N. Y-, a Marine Corps Combat Correspondent.) PELELIU, PALAU ISLANDS, (Delayed)—Two hundred Negro Sea bees, grimy and weary from two days of unloading ships under enemy fire, were lined up on the beach here “I want voluneeers for stretcher bearing on the ridge tonight,” an of ficer was telling them And 200 Negro Seabees stepped out as one. The incident is typical of the rec ord chalked up by the Seabee battal ion, that landed immediately behind assualt waves of Marines here and lias been working night and day since. They unload ships, wrestle ammunition and heavy supplies to the beach dumps, carry ammunition to the front lines, and bring back wound ed, On occasion they hi^/e filled in as frontline troops, and for more than a week they have been going forward to drag in wounded marin es. These Seabees had seen no action until Peleliu. Then they joined the assault. They had more than 100 casualties in the first week, many received during the landing when Japanese artillery and mortar fire was ripping the coral reef, o.thers from mortar fire on the beaches and among the supply dumps, and still more from enemy fire at the from. From the first they worked up to 16 hours a day, unloading supplies | on the floating docks out at the edge | of the 600-yard wide coral reef. They ; were under constant mortar and art illery fire. On the beach they had to handle the heavy ammunition and vast stores of other supplies to the various dumps. Here they were also endan gered by mortars, by snipers and on occasion, by Jap machine gunners (Continued i page 3) MISS JANE A. FREEMAN, 22, First Negro Woman Enters WAVES Rev. Chandler To Conduct Great Revival REVIVAL-2734 blondo The First Mission of the God Sent Light, wishes to announce a joyful Gospel Feast starting Monday, at 8 p.m., November 20th in the Chapel of Our Church Home These Services will be conducted by The Great Evangelist and Proph etess, Rev. Alma R- Chandler of Chicago, 111., and run through ’til God says stop. Come hear this won derful woman of God. A Blessing Jim Crow Hits Famed 92nd Negro Fighting Division Urges Immediate Vete On Remanent F.E.P.C. is in store for all. Dinner served Saturday, Nov. 18th at 6:45 pin. by The Three Loving Sisters. Public Invited. REPORTED MISSING IN ACTION CAPTAIN CHARLES F. GANDY Daring com mander of a com pany of the 92nd Infantry Division now fighting with the Fifth Army in i Italy who was re ported missing in action by the War Department o n November 3. Cap tain Gandy, the first officer of the Negro division to be promoted in the field by Lieu tenant General Mark W. Clark, won the admira tion of his men be cause he wouldn’t ask a soldier to do anything that he wouldn’t do.” He made his home in Washington, D. C. <U. S. Signal Corps Photo from BPR.) CONGRESSMAN. STATE LEGISLATORS RETAINED Chicago, (PPNS) In a sweeping victory over his opponents, Congress man William L. Dawson defeated William E. King. Republican in the Democratic FDR. landslide here on Tuesday, November 7. Other win ners shown in the picture are left to right: Fred J- Smith, member of the Illinois eneral Assembly, Alderman Wm- H. Harvey (congratulating Dawson), Corneal A- Davis, also of the Illinois General Assembly. Other winners in Chicago area were: Char les T. Jenkins, Charles M. EUcyles, and Dr. Edward A. Welters, all members of the Illinois General As sembly. | New York—Following the announc ement that hearings on FEPC are to be resumed November 16, the NAAC P has taken the position that facts on discrimination in war industries and government are so well establish ed, further discussion of the Bill for a permanent FEPC, are unnecessary. The Association has urged there fore that the Bill be brought out of the Committee and voted upon with out further discussion. Similarly, every individual is urged to wire his Congressman urging support of such •action. Tyler Butler Charged with Manslaughter On Tuesday morning, manslaught er charges were filed against Tyler Butler, 27, of 2224 Maple street, in connection with the fatal stabbing of Henry E. Mease, Bomber plant work er, early Sunday morning. Mease resided at 2122 North 21st street. Mrday a coroner's jury found that Mease had deid from stab wounds in the abdomen “inflicted by Tyler But ler” and recommended that Tyler Butler be held, for district court.” His preliminary hearing was Tues day morning. Butler told police he met Mease in the American Wiener shop at 2509 North 24th street and he claimed Mease was drunk. Mease followed him outside, grab bed his hat, Butler said- When he wouldn’t return it, Butler grabbed Mease’s hat. There was a fight, witnessed by several persons, and Butler said he drew a pocket knife stabbed Mease in the abdomen. The man died an hour later at an hospital- Butler, who said he didn't know Mease's injuries were serious, was arrested Sunday morning at the home of a friend, officiating Funeral services for Mease were held Thursday afternoon front Zion Baptist church. Rev. F. C. Williams, officiating, Thomas Funeral Home in charge of arrangements Mr. Mease is survived by his wife, Barbara: three sons, Edward, John and Ralph; father. Edward M-: mo ther, Mrs. Aine Goings, Chicago, 111; sisters, Mrs. Frances Foxall, Mrs. Aiberta Riley and Miss Elaine, all of Omaha: and Miss Jacqueline, Des Moines, Iowa, one half sister, and one half brother, Sandra Goings and ilbert Goings of Chicago, 111 -I John Carter Gets 10 Yrs. i John Carter, who until last Mon-1 day, had steadfastly denied the shoot ing to death of Mrs- Wesley last June, pleaded guilty and threw him self upon the mercy of the court, thereby eliminating the task of select ing a jury to try him on first degree murder charge judge Henry Beal, taking cogniz ance of his army service and his pre vious good record, sentenced him to 10 years in prison. Carter, discharged from the army because of tuberculosis, gets a month ly pension of $115 If he serves his full sentence and lets his army disability pension p'le up, when he is a free man. he will have $13,800 somewhere in Italy, (rrNs; — The long arm Dixie jim crowism has reached out from its citadel of pre judice in the South and palmed the 92nd Division r nbat team, which has played a heroic part in driving the Nazi “Supermen” from this front. The division, composed of all Negro troops and commanded by colored and white officers has here tofore enjoyed the privileges of a democratic rule- However, with the transferring of Major Gen. Edward Almond, division commander from Fort Huachuca to head of the divis ion a new: policy of racial discrimin ation looms on the horizon. en. Almond has expressed his in tent quite clearly of subjugating Ne gro officers for the sake of white officers, who according to his actions must have no peer in the Negro ranks. It aws further revealed that in the future replacements for offic ers' positions will be filled by white. At this early date the transferring of six colored Lieutenants to be replac ed by white officers has been report ed it has been feared by some that these new unfavorable conditions would result in a drop in the morale and efficiency of the crack division. However the remaining colored offic ers and men seem determined, in spite of the racial change, to main tain the splendid record they have established by their valorous showing upon contact with the enemy. Chesterfield’s Attempt To Bar Negro Musicians Boomerangs. by Floyd Snelson Special—New York (PPNS) The Chesterfeld programs which have be come famous by their presentation of top flight bands three times a week over station CBS, were the object last week of a concentrated attack by musician’s Locali 802 and Chest erfield smokers who rose up in vig orous protest against MCA's decision to discontinue the use of Negro bands and musicians, who have played a large part in popularizing these pro grams. Such celebrited stars as Ted dy Wilson, Louis Armstrong, Count Basie, Roy Eldridge and many oth ers have appeared no these shows for the same reason as stated by Chest erfield's motto—"They Satisfy.” White musicians, who have enjoy ed pleasant relations with their col ored contemporaries and rate them by their mertis and not by the asi nine practice of differentiating be cause of color, were equally indign ant over MCA's attmept to adopt jim crow policies. Jimmy Middleton popular white musician, promptly quit the show upon learning of the intended disctjin^nationi Local 802 immediately dispatched a message to Paul Baron, band leader on the show stating that the union would stand no discrimination of musicians because of political opinion, color, creed or religion. Under pressure MCA reported that they issued the order upon the bid ding of higher ups, who directed such action. Evidently officials ot the radio show soon realized that stu. pidity of such a move, for the order was hastily retracted and colored stars have been welcomed back with opened arms. ©worn m 8 am. Monday Three Negro women, including two officer candidates and one enlisted recruit, were sworn into the Women’s Reserve in Boston and New York City, Monday morning, November IS under a Navy Department plan, ap proved by the President, for the ac ceptance of Negro women into the WAVES. The first Negro woman in the 1st Naval District to complete her appli cation and be be sworn into the Wo men's Reserve was Miss Jane A. Free -man, 2 2, of 164 Walnut Avenue, Roxbury, Mass. She was sworn in to the service as an enlisted WAVE at 8 a- m. Monday" by Capt. L. D. Causey, USN retired, Director of the Office of Naval Officer Procure ment at Boston. Two hours later, in New York city, two other Negro women were sworn into the service as apprentice seamen and officer candidates by Lt. Rosa mond D. Selle at 33 Pine street They were Miss Harriet Ida Pickens 1 35, of 260 West 139th Street, and : Miss Frances Eliza Wills, 28, of 315 i West 113th Street;'both of New York City. Miss Pickens and Miss Wills were scheduled to report to Smith Collegt for training on November 15. Upon successful completion of training, Miss Pickens will be commissioned Lieutenant (JG) and Miss Wills will be commissioned an ensign. Miss Freeman, the first Negro enlisted WAVE in the New Engand area will be one of the first group of Ne gro recruits to enter “boot” training at Hunter College, New York City, about January 1, 1945 Miss Pickens graduated .from the Smith College ir. 1930 with an A. B. degree cum aude and did graduate work at Coumbia University from 1930 to 1933—no degree- From Sept ember 1931 to June 1932, she was an instructor at the Bennett College for Women in Greensboro, North Caro lina. From 1934 to 1939, she was a project supervisor under the recreat ional program for WPA in New York City. From June 1939 to the present, she was executive secretary of the Harlem Tuberculosis and Health Commtitee in New York city. Miss Pickens was born in Talladega, Alabama, on March 17, 1909. Miss Wills graduated trom Hunter College in 1938 with a BA- degree. She received a MS. from the Univer sity of Pittsburgh, in 1943- This de gree was in biology, social adminis tration, speech and dramatics. From 1936 to 1940, she worked in the em ployment department of the YWCA, on West 137th street, New York city From February 1940 to September 1941, she was a secretary in the New York Protestant Episcopal Mission Society- Since November 15 last year, she has been a case worker for j the State Charities Aid Association in New York City- This work is primarily devoted to investigation of families in connection with child a doption. Miss Wills was born in Philadelphia, Pa-, on October 8, 1916 Miss Freeman is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs- Thomas T. Freeman of Roxbury, Mass. She attended Roxbury Memorial High School, graduating in 1940- While in school she was drill leader, on the ring com mittee, and on the senior council. She has been employed as an inspect or by the Dewey and Almy Chemical Company. Navy life will not be en tirely new to Miss Freeman- She slates that in the Civil War her grandfather, Abraham Fenno, was in the Navy. SA VS HE'S XO KLU KLUXER Los Angeles, Calif., (C) Hal Styl es, Democratic candidate in Califor nia's 15th district in the last election, has filed a $1,000,000 libel suit a gainst the Los Angeles Examiner for maliciously calling him a member of the Ku Klux Klan. TMARIAS ANDERSON TO SUPPORT BOND DRIVE New York (C) Marian Anderson, and other stars will support the 6th War Loan Drive beginning on Nov. Sings At Trocadero MARVA LOUIS, opening at Holly wood's famed Trocadero night club, November 16th, for a singing engage meat, selects u'ilh care her winter chapeaux in-between shows at IVash ington’s Club Bali. \Catvin News Service PholoQ■ —. Marva Looks to Hollywood... Detroit, (PPNS) Following close ly in the still fresh tracks left by Lena Horne on the road to stardom, Marva Louis, whose entry into the | theatrical world has caused a sensa tion is scheduled to invade the bright lights of Hollywood at an early date It is expected that her first appear ance will be at the famous Trocadero. from hich many stars have catapult ed to the heights of their career. Dixie Lynchers Freed By All White Jury— REPORTED TAKES LIFE.. . Chicago, (PPNS) Pretty Doris O’Neil, one of the nation’s most beau tiful and popular dancing beauties is reported to have taken her life in Los Angeles, Calif- Sunday last, where took up residence four months ago after becoming married to a ser viceman . The chorine was one of the origina Regalettes and had ‘front lined' at New York’s Cotton Club, the Windy City’s rand Terrace Cafe and other popular spots. She was married several years ago to Joe Peterson and has one son, Joe Jr. who lived with her at the time of her death. The cause of the suicide was not learned at the time of this writ ing. Youth Conference November 1719th TO STREESS POST-WAR THEMES . New York—Recognizing the ail important part that youth will play in the post-war world, delegates to the 6th Annual NAACP Youth Con ference at Virg.inia-Union university November 17-19 will consider the theme “Building for Total Democra cy.” Ruby Hurley, Youth Secretary an nounced this week that delegates have registered from 17 states scattered over the country. Among the prominent speakers j who will appear are Adam Clayton Powell, Jr., newly elected Congress man from New York; F.lla J. Bak er, Director of NAACP Branches; Rev. James H. Robinson, Church of I the Master, New York City; Aziz I Pabini. All India Students Federal j ion ; Gloster Current, Executive Sec retary, Detroit Branch, NAACP; and Rabbi Edward E. Klein, Free Synagogue, New York City. 20th. The Beauticians Volunteer Corps will hold a rally to help sell $2,000,000 in war bonds for the Mme C. J. Walker ship. Ca’I HA-0,800 to Renew Subscription Liberty, Miss. (PPNS) In typic al Dixie fashion, Southern justice thumbed its nose at lady justice this week when an all-white jury exoner ated Noble Ryder Dixie lyncher, who along with five of his ilk brut ally slayed Isaac Simmons, 65 yea: old preacher, because he refused to vacate his 220 acre farm. It is very likely that the other culprtis will be released without further hearing. The action came as no surprise to those familiar with the distorted views of southland law authorities. Burt Jones, attorney for the de fense based his case entirely on white supremacy and declared that no Negro’s ord could be taken a gainst that of white men. It requir ed no Clarence Darrow to win the defendant's case, as the trial simply amounted to a formality of the state brought about as the result of an in vestigation made by the FBI. The state’s principal witness, El dridge Simmons, son of the slain preacher, had fled to Louisiana after being threatened by other whites and submitted his testimony only after being arrested and brought back to Amite County by federal investigat ors. Though it constitutes a feder al crime to flee a state to avoid test ifying in a case, no action will be taken against young Simmons lie cause of the circumstances responsi ble for his flight. Buy NAACP Negro Sotdcir Xmas Seals■ Alma Vesseils ; Miss Alma Vessells is newly [named assistant to Mrs. Estelle Massey Riddle, consultant in Ne kro nursing for the National Nursing Council for War Service. iA native of Philadelphia, Miss [Vessells is a graduate of Harlem Hospital School of Nursing and holds a B.S. degree from New York University School of Educa tion. She came to the Council from directorship of the Harlem Y.W.C.A. School for Practical Nurses. REPORTS $60 THEFT June Andres, 1818 North 25th sr-, told police Tuesday, that her billfold containing $60, was stolen while she was in a 24th and Lake streets tavern TUSKEGEE MEDICAL DIRECTOR RETIRES Tuskegee, Alabama (PPNS) The faculty and student body of Tuskeg ee Institute filled the school audit orium to apy high tribute to retiring Medical Director, John A. Kenney, who during his many years of faith ful service has won many friends and became a beloved figure to students I on the campus, who always looked *o him as the “student's friend.’’ The photographer caught these three notable characters shortly after Dr. F. D. Patterson, school Preside!!', has presented Dr. Kenney with a scroll lauding his commendable work at the Institute- Dr. Patterson stands to the left of Dr. Kenney while he is flanked on th' r'ght by Col. EEugene H. Dibble, Manager Veteran's Administration Faculty. Tuskegee, Alabama.