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The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-11-21

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NOT RESPONSIBLE

On and after this date I shall not be responsible for any bills con- tracted other than by myself.
 11-21-1t JOHN ONEILL
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-11-21

$ Lost and found

LOST: Cross cocker spaniel, red-
 brown, curly hair, white throat.
 Name Butch. Reward. Dial 4-8717
The Valley settler., 1940-10-11

Miss Dorothy Loretta Hea tn, dau~ht, CT Of ,.r. en1 Yrs. T =. Tea 5h, and Jennings Robert Johnson, were married in Fairbanks on the evon-
 inG Of September 2l, the bride is Q graduate Of tho FetrbanEs HiCa School and lately has boen working Tor the \. c. Company. Mir. Johnson spent the summer of '33 in the Valley, hevinr como hora from Flint, I'ich. to visit the I.E. Sendviks. He is now employed es an airplcne ~ochan3c.
The Valley settler., 1940-10-11

Cold to the value of $1, 760, 368
 was shipped from Alaska to the
 Ste tos during August. The grand total of shipments for the month, including tals, fish, furs, mar b1o, timber, trophies, spec c imons and curios is Gl7, 646, 527. Canned salmon alone accounts for 3l5, 846, 385 of the total.
The Valley settler., 1940-10-11

According to the publ cattoo, Auto mobile Facts and Firrre8, there are ,l55 automobiles ir Alaska, 26S8 passenger cars and l ,123 truc!zs.
 Coantin~ al the army trucl,s and Officials cars as we'll as new cars shipped to Alaska within the last three months those figures in AF 6 F are betterod by ,000.
The Valley settler., 1940-10-11

UNITED PROTESTANT CT.3C-. Sunday School. . 1C.A ,li Morning Iors2ip. -. 1l:A N. Y.P.C.E. Sunday evening at E1otse and David Eeoler hore.
The Phoenix index., 1940-10-19
The Globe TrOtter %ss By cliff Maekay

Details of a conference held September ~ Win
President Roosevelt ere made public last WeeA,
In that conference were the PRESIDENT secretary "
the Navv Frank Knox, Assistant Secretary OF he
War Robert P. Patterson, A Philip Fahoolpn' pieT %
ident of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters l..
Arnold Hill of the NYA and Walter White secre-
tary of the NAACP.
AN IMPORTANT DOCUMENT
The seven point memorandum handed the
President and his cabinet members representing the
Arrv and Navy is document that is of vital inter-
est not only to Negroes, but to all Americans VINO
ulv believe that democracy worth defending ABROAD
certainly should be worth practicing at home
The complete text reads:
The use of presently available Negro reserve
Officers in training recruits and other forms of ac-
tive service At the time policy OF train
ing additional Negro officers in all branches OF The
services should announced Present facilities and
those to be provided in the future should be made
foT such training
. Immediate DESIGNATION of centers where Ne
oroec NAV be trained for work in all branches Of
the aviation corps 1t is not enough to train pilots
alone but in addition navigators bombers, gunners
radio-men and mechanics must be trained in order
TO facilitate full Negro participation in the air serv
ice
. Existing units of the Army and units to be
established should be required to accept and select
officers and enlisted personnel without regard to
race.
dentists pharmacists ana oI1lceiS ot Cheinlodl Woi
fare camouflage service and the like should be In
teerated into the services.
5 The appointment of Negroes as responsible
members in the various national and local agencies
engaged in tho administration of the Selective Serv-
ice and Training Act OF 194O
g. The development of effective technique for
assuring the extension of the policy of negratlon
to positions in the Navy other than menial services
ty which Negroes are now restricted
T. The adoption of policies and the development
Of technicues to assure the participation of trained
Negro women as Army and Navy nurses as well as
in the Red Cross. t..-
KEEP UP THE TREND
No American could argue about democracy and
opposed this seven-point plea in the breath.
President Roosevelt has already indicated willing
ness to lend a sympathetic ear to these pleas on
more than one instance 1t is to be hoped that the
trend he has started will note be lessened until all
seven of these demands fully met si
The Phoenix index., 1940-10-19

NEW YORK. -(SNS)-At pres
ent there are 353 eligible Negro Re-
serve officers, according to Robert
P. Patterson, Assistant Secretary
of War. .-.
Patterson made the announce
ment in a letter to the National
Association for the Advancement OF
Colored People in response to an
inquiry filed with his office Octo-
ber /.
"The records of the War De-
partment," the letter said. "indi.
cate that a total of 1926 Negro stu
dents have enrolled as Freshmen
in the Reserve Officers Training
Corps at two schools having all Ne
gro personnel.
"Of these, total of 554 have
completed the four-year R.O.TC.
course at these schools"
No information was available, ac-
cording to the letter as to the race
of students enrolled in the R.O.T.C
in mixed schools.
With the statement that both
Colonel Benjamin o. Davis and his
son 1t. Benjamin o. Davis, Jr
will normally remain on their
The Phoenix index., 1940-10-19
WiIlkie Banner
lH 4
Falls; Ties
Up HarIemites

NEW YORK.-(A NP)-Harlem
Republicans and Democrats are
both saying that an incident
here is to be prophetic.
One of four huge Willkie-
McNary banners hung at the in
terSect1On of I41st street and
Seventh avenue for the past few
weeks 1t fell to the street just
before midnite Monday tieing
up traffic for Is minutes. Police
removed the banner.
Democrats claim 1t prOpnesies
the fall of Willkie in the coming
election. Republicans say it in
dicateS a tie-np of Democratic
votes in Harlem for Willkie.
In the meantime, political oh
servers note with interest that
at the newsreei shOwings of
Wendell WiIlkie, Harlem audi
ences are strangely silent. When
FER. is shown, there is always
vOciferOuS and enthusiastic ap-
plauSe.
The Phoenix index., 1940-10-19

never changed. -,
And unlike the present campaign where soho-
,rit1, of nnnon has been achieved there were many
years ago, who frankly disagreed Win
+bo National Association for the Advancement OF
Coored People in its demands for democracy Tor
all called to, serve their country.
OPPOSED BY NEGROES
Manv Negroes flat-footedy opposed the pres
nartment calling for the settng-up of combat fight
inc units among the Negro recruits and joined
with those of the other group who determin-
edlv against the training of Negroes officers
Marv of these could not the justification
of This training even after the War Department had
reluctantly set up the training school at Fort Des
Moines. where Negro officers were given a hasty
and not too thorough six weeks course in military
tactics.
In Justice to those opponents back then it must
ha written their chief objections arose from fear
Thev reasoned that too strong an agitation on the
part OF Negro leaders might be misconstrued to
mean that Negroes not loyal and not willing
tc aid in Americas task of defending democracy
STILL ON THE JOB
That the NAACP in face of this double opposi~
ton was able then to achieve what it did in the
way of recognition of the Negro in the nations
armed forces bespeaks volumes for the striking
power of this valiant organization
Twenty-three years later it is still on the job
pressing with increasing vigor the proposition
that democracy must be made to work in peace,
before il can he truly defended in time of
The Phoenix index., 1940-10-19
AIabanlans
Seek Right
To Vote
Local Boards
Of Registration
Are Attacked

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. --(SNS)-
The right of local boards of regis
trarS to arbitrarily bar Negroes
from registering to vote was test
ed for the first time here Monday,
october "a, when nine Negro citi-
zenS appeared before the circuit
court of jefferson County Ala, to
have their qualifications determin-
ed by jury.
The nine persons who are repre-
sented by Arthur D. Shores counsel
for the local branch of National
Association for the Advancement
of Colored People include: William
Boswell, Jasper Townsend, Leslie
B. Hutcherson, Willie P. Harris,
Rufus E. Crosby, Edgar L. How
ard, Willie j. Humphry, Claude
Smith and AlonZo Evans.
The case has been hanging fire
since last January, when the ap-
plicants appeared before the local
board Of registrars and were re-
fused registration, after an exam
ination behind closed doors.
They filed petitions in the cir
cult court last February, under a
state law which provides that where
one las been denied registration,
he may appeal to the circuit court,
and have his qualifications determ-
ined by a jury.
Bringing the case into court
marks a victory for Mr.. Shores
who, with the basking of the local
NAACP branch and the southern
state conference Of NAACP
branches, has waged long fight to
have the courts determine the
qualifications upon which the fit
ness of applicants for registration
may be judged.
Commenting on the case Shores
said: This will be the first time
we have had to try any of these
cases. Heretofore, after petitions
were filed the petitioners received
their certificates of registration
through the mail. Hence it appears
that we may actually get a chance
to have our petitioners qualifica-
tions determined by jury. This we
should like. to have done"
The Phoenix index., 1940-10-19

chant and planter, said he had not
decided just what use he would put
the mansion to, but that he hoped
it would always be a monument to
the life and work of Mr.. Montgom-
cry
The home, formerly occupied by
the late Eugene and Mrs. Mary
Booze, Mr.. Montgomery's daughter
and son-in-law, has been the CEN
ter of controversy since the found
er's death, figuring somewhat in
the tragic death of MIR. Booze some
months ago.
The Phoenix index., 1940-10-19
Jim Crow In Defense
Training Is Outlined

tive Louis Ludlow, of Indiana.
The Ludlow amendment states
that mo trainee under the fore
going appropriations shall be dis
criminated against because of sex,
race, or color. and where separate
schools are required by law for
separate population groups, to the
extent needed for trainees of each
such group, equitable provision
shall be made for facilities and
training of like quality"
The Phoenix index., 1940-10-19

Those who remember, might re-
call all our efforts to secure Negro
officers, combat troops, equal train
ing, ETC., came AFTER, not before
Americas entrance into the war.
These belated protests and de-
mands attacked a situation that
had already been planned out and
was in process of execution. Con-
sequently any alterations in these
plans were slow in coming, and
MANY of the things which were
eo,,.rL,+ ro ordent1v then, were
The Phoenix index., 1940-10-19
Bar Skilled Workers
From Defense Projects

penters, and painters have been
refused clearance for jobs, thru the
United States Employment Bureau
there.
The report also pointed out that
the Williams Lumber company in
Columbus, with defense contracts
totalling more than $2,000000, has
refused to employ skilled Negro
labor.
Because of its Importance as
military center this Georgia town
is humming with defense activity.
especially in the building industry.
The Phoenix index., 1940-10-19

NEW YORK.-tSNS)--A protest
against the discrimination suffer-
ed by Negroes in Columbus, Geor-
gia, who sought employment in
private apd government-directed
defense projects in Columbus, was
launched wia. the advisory cous-
Gil of the National Defense Com
mission in Washington, by the Ma
tional Association for. the Advance
ment of Colored People
The Association acted upon COM
plants received from its Colum-
bus, Georgia, branch. According TO
the report Negro bricklayerS. car
The Phoenix index., 1940-10-19
Bannarn Exhibits
Latest Art Work

MINNEAPOLIS - GA N P) "A
large group of art lovers was pres
ent last Monday at the first show
ing of the work of Henry Bannarn,
widely known painter and sculptor
of this city, at the Harriet Hanley
Gallery. Among the paintings
shown were Mountain Trail, y
mill Pond" Corral" ruins of
the Savage Building" Summer
Rain" and woman ironing" r
Among Bannarn's sculptured
pieces, those attracting particular
interest were Torso of Lynch
The Phoenix index., 1940-10-19
Says Industry Ready
For Workable Greed

NEW YORK, -(SNS)-IndustTy
is ready for the presentation OF
mature religion-daily hourly
said Mr. Harry Uviller, Impartial
Chairman and Administrator OF
the Dress Industry, New York City,
before the 10th annual meeting
of the Department of Race Rela-
tionS of the Federal Council of
Churches, held at Riverside Church
here.
If We can impress people with
the view our great religions are
taking toward their life here and
hereafter, we will be able to solve
the question of race industry as
well as race everywhere" he con-
tlnued. "It is impossible to hope
that the people who are dedicated
to a common interest in the labor
unions and employers will loose
their race prejudices if they are
surrounded by it else where. The
only groups that can overcome it
are the church and all organized
religion"
HOLD DISCUSSIONS
With this keynote sounded to
over seventy national church and
community leaders of both races
present, the program of the Depart
ment included all-day sessions with
seminar discussions with respect
to the Christian Ideals in In
dustrial and church fields respec-
lively Mr., Mark Starr. education
al director, International Ladies
Garment Workers Union, Mrs
Mazda Springer, Negrfo worker
and members of that Union, and
Mr.. D. S. Sargent of the Consoli-
Gated Edison Company shared the
topic of the morning recounting
mterracial conditions in the Union
and the Edison Company respec-
lively and suggesting the possibili-
ty OF working together in private
council with church leaders.
At the luncheon session the Rev.
Allen Knight Chalmers Of Broad
way Tabernacle talked on the need
Tor being realistic in questions of
race, democracy, religious ideals
''We strive for an ideal tomorrow
but borrow in the process of it's
atainments from the falsehoods of
yesterday" said DR.. Chalmers.
I'VE do not put our faith in the
strength of our principles until we
have MADE ourselves secure in the
worlds past falsehoods. b. O.. There is
an ideal about what this life can
be, and to that ideal you must be
true if you are being realistic at
all"
FELLOWSHIP DISCUSSED
In the afternoon visiting mini
SterS from New York and New
Jersey Joined in two hours discus
sion OF methods of promoting inter-
racial fellowship through their own
churches.
Givink a bird's-eye view of COM
mmity conditions in certain areas
of upstate New York, DR.. Murray
S. Rowland of Binghamton cited
cases where interracial committees
at work at one time faced sur
prising amount Of race prejudica
in the schools, in the employment
field, ard within church groups.
Through active programs of edu-
Cation, personal visitation to those
IN responsible position, Sop con-
taot viz mcn2bc"s Of -v.-l race
ana 1ran: t4cns + lact- by min
The Phoenix index., 1940-10-19
353 Listed AS Eligible
Negro Reserve Officers

present assignments until the sum-
mer of 1912, when they will COM
plete their four-year tour of duty
the Assistant Secretary of Wal
said that 'it is impossible to pre-
dict what future assignments will
be given to any officer of the Reg
ular Army"
The Phoenix index., 1940-10-19

& WASHINGTON, D. C.-(SNS}-
The ban against discrimination
contained in the Conscription Bill,
was carried over into that part of
the defense program affecting the
trainees recruited under the Office
of Education and the National
Youth Administration. when the
House passed an amendment to the
civil functions bill tHR10539) intro
duced September % by Representa-
The Phoenix index., 1940-10-19
Getting A Head Start

TWO ENCOURAGING FACTS stand out boldly
in current fight to secure fair and just treat
ment at the hands of the department. as COM
pared to the similar battle staged twenythree
years ago in World War No. to save democracy.
The Phoenix index., 1940-10-19

Victim" John Brown" executed
in Minnesota stone); Scrub Wom-
an" and Prize Fighter"
The Phoenix index., 1940-10-19
ATTENTION.

ATTENTION!
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silk Dresses 1Oc; Mems Felt Hats soy
shoes 25c; Suits $500 Hundreds OF
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for Free Descriptive Catalogue.
Progressive Sales Co.
tDept. B)
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The Phoenix index., 1940-10-19

sters themselves, much progress has
been made in some areas.
''People in larger Cities" stated
DR.. Rowland, should come to a
realization of the isolated COM
munity of Negroes where there is
no hope for future development be-
cause they are not growing in
numbers. -. Also we should erase
the viewpoint that things have to
be done FOR Negroes. -. We have
TO face the possibility of the Ne
gro group in the lead and doing
for itself and that white friends
should try to back them up. .....
That view and point has helped
in getting interest and financial
support from white groups in some
cities
AGAINST FIXED DAY
Reading letters from Negro
ministers in the New York area
who asked for comments on the
observance of Race Relations Sun
day, the Rev. O. Clay Maxwell,
pastor Mt Olive Baptist Church,
reaction to fixed" day, many of
Harlem, gave a picture of their
them giving emphasis to the eff
fectiveneSs of no "Set'' time for
pulpit and choir exchanges buG
spontaneous interTacial activity be-
tween churches all through the
year.
The Rev. James H. Robinson,
young Negro pastor of the Church
CT the Master CPresbyteriam
Harlem, in frank terms stated
that there is no monopoly of any
racial group on the race problems;
it is for all races. There is paying
of large price for the sake of
achieving the ideals of Father
hood of Christ and the fellowship
of races within and outside the
church. We must remove the
grounds of difference among our
own church folks. We say we live
in a democracy, but many of US
have experiences in making that
democracy work which SAVIOR of any
thing else but 1--WE must speak
in terms not of what the church
must do, but what you and must
do as individual ministers"
The Phoenix index., 1940-10-19
Sell Montgomery
Homestead At
Mound Bayou

MOUND BAYCU-(ANP)- The
famous mansion which was the
homestead If the late Isaiah Mont
gonery, foyfacs~ Of the all-Negro
town of HEcu--d ~32p1u, has been
sold to I - T7~iugfieid, Sr., Of
Round L. ~"
AIr. Springfield, successful mel
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-08-18

Above Mr. and Mrs. Amos the steps Ieodne to the
otor Of the Little Church Of Fort Lincoln beautiful edfce
in itse-ths denomnotionoI church sitoted in the
impressivey historic grounds Of Fort Lincoln Cemetery
BIodensbure Rood at the District Line. Advertisement.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-08-18

Greeting Midwestern sons Of the
soil. Wendell WiIIkie. Republican
presidential condidote, needed more
honds TO erosp all those showed at
him by form Ieoders with whom he
conferred OF Des MONIES, Iowo. The
former. he sold. will lose no IeeisIo-
rive qoins il he's elected.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-08-18

This is how! Seems there1I be
more thon spice Of gymnastics in
one Of the new donces. Beverly
OertIine Of New OrIeons demon
strotes for the doneine mosters'
convention at Pittsburgh.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-08-18

In on atmosphere of nmote chorm friends ond reIoves Of
the former Miss EIoine Zimmerman and Mr.. Wallace Amos
witnessed their moroee ceremony The Little Church Of Fort
Lincoln. which hos become most popular objective for the
motrimonoIy inclined The Little Church is ocoed in Fort
Lneo" Cemetery BIodensbus Rood OF the District Line
Adyertse
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-07-13
TI&44&&93@53]EI
Alosko Steamship Operators Cite Causes
Without Protest for General Rote Boost

First session of hearings on Alas
ka freight and passenger rates,
conducted all this week at Seattle
by the Y. s. maritime commission,
came to a close late Thursday.
Hearings will be continued at Ju-
neau. ketchikan and Anchorage.
Operators of the various steam
ship lines serving the northern ter
ritory presented detailed informa-
ton in support of their application
for increased rates.
Involved are the Alaska Steam
ship Co., Alaska Transportation
Co., and Northland Transportation
Co. All testified operating costs
have increased so much during the
past five years the rate increase Is
necessary to profitable operation.
Officials of the Alaska Steamship
Co. revealed wages had been in
creased 9s per cent since 1884:
that changes in crews living quar-
ters had cost $4,000 this year
alone; that changing the seamen's
messroom to same deck as the pass
enger saloon had cost the line
$24, 345. and that the company's
earning capacity has been reduced
$129,522 because passenger space
has been usurped by crews of their
several ships. "Quickie strikes"
also were cited.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-07-13
Gbc Gdccmd Gimcs
Expert 0pines
On the War
BY J. W. T. MASON

Intensification of German air
raids over Great Britain Is being
accompanied by an increase of
British retaliatory raids over Ger
many and German occupied terri
tories, but without any known re-
suits affecting the outcome of the
war. Casualties are inconsiderable
and announcements by both sides
of planes destroyed show they are
far below requirements.
Neither belligerent gives particu-
lars of damage done to war fac
tories which If extensive. might
have serious consequences, particu-
larry concerning airplane plants;
for, IL either side were to gain
complete mastery of the air, 1t
would influence the final result.
But, Lord Beaverbrook, British
minister of aircraft production. has
announced that Britain's output of
planes last month was double the
number produced in June, 1889,
when speeding up was well under
way. Likewise. there is no reason
to believe German plane produc-
ton has been seriously impeded.
Germany has more planes than
Great Britain at present, but the
disparity is not enough to give
the Germans control of the air.
This fact is shown by the persist
ence of British bombings which are
taking place over far wider areas
in Germany, France. Belgium, and
Holland than the German air Of
fensives over the comparatively
small area of Great Britain. IL
the Germans dominated the air. 1t
would be necessary for the British
to keep their planes at home for
purely defensive operations.
The Germans have to guard far
more territory than the British
from air raids. This necessity
limits considerably the number of
planes Germany can use in assault
ing Great Britain. 1t explains to
some extent the puzzling fact that
Germany has been using compare
lively small squadrons for raiding
British cities despite the larger
aggregate of planes at Hitler's
command.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-07-13
Too Much Dietinq
Scored by Doctor

SPOKANE - Huma beings
shouldn't deprive themselves of
needed nutrition by ill-advised
dieting, DIR. A. J. Carlson, profess
sor of physiology from the Univer-
sity of Chicago, told lecture meet
ings of the Pacific Northwest
Medical association, in session here
today.
DIR. Carlson said mankind got
along 100000 years" or so without
thought of balanced diets. Man.
he said, like the wild animal, has
an instructive tendency to eat what
is good for him.
The psychologist said he won-
dered If new theories on dieting
weren't being overdone.