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The chronicle-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1920-1941, 1940-05-03
Girl Reserves Silver
Tea Wednesday A
Pleasing Success
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The chronicle-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1920-1941, 1940-05-03
ARENA
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Rev. n. z. Coleman. preached al
Roberts Chapel Sunday. April q.
Mr.. and Mrs. Z. W. 6triokler arr
absent ON q trip 70 Wisconsin.
Mrs ". z. johnson Of Wade. and
Mr.. and Mrs Arnold Nelson OF
Chickasaw. Ala. spent Sunday visit
ing d. d. Davidson.
Nick PTassenos and Leonard
Strickler have been going to the
curb market recently.
MIR. and Mrs Ell Dudley have re-
turned 70 their home here from NO
bile, Ala.
Robin Davidson and Buck Cum
The chronicle-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1920-1941, 1940-05-03
UNSAFE at HOME

Il your home the haven q
security .ou think i is7
Il probably Isn't Last year
5000 Americans we're killed
y accidents IN their homes.
Why
This paper, II cooperation
Nith tie National Safety
Council, Elii give the answer
u 4 series Of pictorial home
safety hints.
They I'll begin soon.
Don't miss them
The chronicle-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1920-1941, 1940-05-03

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The chronicle-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1920-1941, 1940-05-03

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The chronicle-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1920-1941, 1940-05-03
JACKSON COUNTY FARMERS
GET $500. SOIL SAVING
AND PARITY PAYMENTS

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sri conservatism and PARTY
payments made - the farmers q
ne county under ne ieN pFueram
tosafied N1o Tnr payments wxrt
made through the Office q County
Agent A. J Franklin. Who mkd thal
these payments made Il possible fus
farmers % carry out . real sol.
BUILDING proeram on Their farms
SUBSTANTIALLY increase caAh income
produce more food and feed for farm
use and greatly improve farm family
living
T. ~ Patterson. state AAA admin.
strntor, announced that soil conner.
vatb0n payments totafling eiae7l..
Sc had been made 70 s74.eoe pro.
ducers and parity payments total.
ling si2s scr $50 had been made Z
z3e 80 farfne9A making . gram
total Of S5I.z1I76 tn government
payments 70 Mississippi farmers fol
participation In the 1889 farm pro
gram.
Administrator Patterson SAID thl
multiple benefits flowing from tn
expenditure Of this large sum q
money could Be seen IN better bua.
ness In the city as well as bette
farming IN the country He said III
AAA farm program. with It's system
OF government payments and sol
building practices. was helping 70 e.
tabllsh a mes and more productive
and stable agriculture for the bene'
fit Of both farm and CITY neOpie.
The chronicle-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1920-1941, 1940-05-03
MY TOWN

A. present. PAscaeoula's most e.
sentiai need IA 4 h~osei--and zith
the splendid cooperation the hotel
committee has received fgfom the
citizens. Il should aoon beoame .
reality The committee. composed
q q number OF the leading business
men Of the city. has been working
diligently during the pAkt several
months. making extensive investign-
tons and gathering the detailed
plans and specifications and the coat
Of construction for tie building II
won't Be long nou-and with little
more cooperation from the eltlzens
u dreams win shortly beeuzne i
reality.
The chronicle-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1920-1941, 1940-05-03

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The chronicle-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1920-1941, 1940-05-03

Sailor BORDERING meaD-~Bring
me 4 plate Of hash
The waiter walked over TO the
kitchen elevator. sailor wants TO
take a chance he called down the
speaking tube.
Second Sailor-"I1I have some
hash, too"
Waiter picking UP tube again.
Another sport"
The chronicle-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1920-1941, 1940-05-03
Pete DeLashmet Is
Now . Colonel At
Miss. State College

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The chronicle-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1920-1941, 1940-05-03

DID Yoe eyer stop - think inal
hgs many varied kinds Of suFnsnsT
pleasures Paeta4oaia offtfef rs
slus only . place o natural beauty
and historical interest. bat = lraif
a natural SUMNER fesoft Perhaps
ths mot popular summer diversions
ere satef sports saeh - swimming
sailing. heating trips. fiztlng lin-
Guiding Ceep - fishing n ~ Cuff
and Dthefs too numerous 70 mention
Why not tel eaass ffteods e y0ufs
about or lovely little eEfr - lnx
Singing HlFeff THY mas Wanf -
spend their esznzas<z eaEzEIan faess.
Hnt Il Ne plan 70 entertain aaz~
mer visitors ual4 Ysaf. Z 9uzid asz
fasnlF - & apsen6id idea % besIn.
ms. during uhs heaufifieelIon wcfk
arc zee wha4 He al can d about
making our hnsna town esen lovelieF
The chronicle-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1920-1941, 1940-05-03

found among ne eide selection ihsg
have % offer. Al TIE naw hGnks
nna heaf sellsTs are a1eea 20 ths
library - rapidly ~ possible WIS
net uaf them : visit and zee fof
yourself nhe spisndid ire q bookz
they have 70 eifef7
The chronicle-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1920-1941, 1940-05-03

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The chronicle-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1920-1941, 1940-05-03

Al flower lovers Il Pa cazuuia
end Mos Point wfIl b bringing ous
TIER i0ssllea bla1sns on Saturday
sud Sunday Nay I and 5 for the
EoNer shoH ~ TIE Community
ftousc Almost every KIND q flower
grown II Jackson County wfn be
displayed there EaeH yeaf. ne
snoS oeomes more loseaY-ellh
larger and ma@e beaatffui exhlblts
being made b means % this an
usaal essn re Progressive Club en-
epsragsa tie bc&utlfleatton u home
sih ncxefs and the care and plant
Ing Of tame
The chronicle-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1920-1941, 1940-05-03

The annual Yaehf races v1l son
be under way again. ana sailing en-
hszia4ts everywhere are blav get
ting their boats ia first class n0ndi-
ton f0s ire first practice race q the
season. Sunday. May 5 Plans are
nov underway ~ the club to begin
the races The first q June with ne
series ending WITH The Fourth 81
July Regatta and the presentation
Of the eufs Bo-hefes - 4 hHarer
and better sailing season this sum
f1ef.
The chronicle-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1920-1941, 1940-05-03

Il A appalling 70 learn tuat how
feW people here realize that r4sea-
gVala haz a excellent library. and
almost any type q baok can b
The chronicle-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1920-1941, 1940-05-03

an materials for "a.
s,ae~s, use get . sear'.'.
a 80 cross examination =
ne state Highway
~.sr,mens's testing ,.n,.
ora,ors. Ranss'a s,'' =.
! being studied. q,
r,a., Of hishwss
so,s. 60 record siFsnE aa.
"a, examination .. go "a.
Cor sounaae'. :. 11
FOUNDATIONS, /. sn.l.ei
chemical saais. rs4a ans
90 uasseriale i" ,nea.
other carcfas TEST -
en-. Mi.sl.sipplnn.
Getting maximum rs. -,
In good roads sor "a
dollar expended on
hlghwaFs.
The Phoenix index., 1940-11-09
BY Rev. ]. Raymond Henderson,
Pastor, Bethesda Baptist Church

BY Rev. j. Raymond Henderson,
Pastor, Bethesda Baptist Church
NEW ROCHELLE, N. Y.-(ANP)
This is the Negroes hour. 1t
amazes me that the leadership OF
the race seems bent upon letting
it slip by without recognition The
World is being shaken to its very
foundations. When the shaking is
over it will be quite different
world for everybody but the Negro,
that is, unless he awakeS.
Totalitarianism was democracy on
the run. Right here in the western
hemisphere We have government
dangerously near dictatorship
Franciso Campos, brilliant Brazili8b
leader, has just written a book in
which he calls parliamentary in.
stitutions garbage, and claims
that democracy is now serving in
terests opposed to democratic
Ideals. This affirmation is in.
controverible and democracies like
England and America cannot argue
it down, they can only live it down
FOLLOW INDIA'S PATTERN
Why does not the American Ne
gro take a cue from India? Eng
land, hard. pressed by Germany,
bids for India's support with one
hand while holding them in SUBJ
lection with the other. But India
through it's great Gandhi answers.
Give us complete independence
and we shall give our lives to help
you live. 1t is not difficult to see
the lllogic of sacrifice to the end
of continual exploitation.
A new world order lis promised
the Jew. Arthur Greenwood of the
British War cabinet assures the
lew in the U. S. that the wrong!
prepetrated against the Jews viii
be righted and he will live in
world order founded upon the
ideals of Justice. We want to see
this happen for only God knows
what the Jew has suffered.
But what of the American Ne.
gro? What hope is there that his
wrongs shall be righted, wrongs
: emanating from over 5000 lynch
ings, labor exploitation, discrimi.
nation, restrictions too numerous
to mention? Unless he himself, be-
stirs himself he will be in lower
position when the shaking is over
than now. Just as small pebbles
tend to the bottom, minorities tend
downward in most shaking pro-
cesses.
The Phoenix index., 1940-11-09
Have Draft
Numbers All
Figured Out

GREENVILLE, S. CLAMP
Colored draftees mere have already
devised a way for analyzing their
draft serial numbers. These for
tunate enough to have a double
number, a number that has one
digit repeated twice may be select
ed but they will come back. Like
wise if you can divide your serial
number by your order number
without remainder you will come
back with more money than you
left with. Order was 1872, no re-
mainder there. No. 4, 1920, also sdi-
Vides with nothing left, and 6685 is
duck soup for No. S.
1t is complicated process. this
draft number numerology. Some
numbers are bound to put you in
/ labor battalion, others very
few will get you into aviation,
there are some tank numbers. For
some unknown reason, l, 2 and 8
are very lucky either for being
drafted or staying behind. There
are several schools >of thought on
the 1umerology angle and they all
add up TO g harmless pastime for
the draftees to while away their
leisure time.
There is no number banker in
Greenville, so colored folk will
have no opportunity to play 1853
and 1872 both held by GreenvillC
colored men.
The Phoenix index., 1940-11-09

PHILADELPHIA - Co - Two
buildings, reputed to have been
bought for $4,000 have been dedi-
Gated as a new super heaven" for
the Philadelphia area by Father
Divine and 5000 of his followers.
At the dedicatory ceremony this
kingdom was designated preced-
ence over the eight in the city.
The Father" arrived in the
city from New York in his big,
specially built automobiles. The
"Angels" came in a 16 car special
train which stayed Is minutes, out
side of the city of brotherly love SO
AS not to arrive before the deity"
Explained Heavenly Star, Every.
body 'else's train has to run on
time, but Father Divine, he's diff
ferent. Fathers God and the
The Phoenix index., 1940-11-09

Each conference consisted of pre-
sentation of a formal memorandum
by the National Urban League and
lengthy discussion between depart
mental heads and committee MEM
bers.
With Lester B. Granger, assist
ant executive secretary of the Nal
tional VI ban League, as spokeS-
man, the delegation was composed
of IS local and National Urban
League executives from IL cities
together with representatives oil
the United Transport Service
Workers Union and the COMMITTEES
on Participation of Negroes in the
National Defense Program.
To FIGHT DISCRIMINATION
The delegation was informed by
Sidney Hillman, in charge of the
Labor Division of the National
Defense Advisory Commission, that
both the American Federation OF
The Phoenix index., 1940-11-09
Lincoln Mo- Air
Students Fly Alone

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo.-(ANP)
-Bolting ahead of other colleges in
the development of flying students,
Lincoln University's class in avia-
ton became 100 percent solo fly
ers last week when element wealth
er made all-day flying possible.
Every member of the class has
flown alone since the class was Or
ganized five weeks ago.
Lincoln university's course in
aviation is offered jointly by the
school and by the Civil Aeronautics
authority, and its 10 students are
taught by Charles M. Ashe, one OF
the nations six Negro flight in
structoIs licensed by the federal
The Phoenix index., 1940-11-09
Father Divine Dedicates
:Super Heaven In PhiLly

trains, steamships and airplanes
have to wait for him"
The new Kingdom" consists OF
three-story building of brown
stone and brick construction, form
erly the headquarters of the Usage
Tribe of Red Men, and of a four
story structure of sandstone and
brick known formerly as the Pret-
lyman Building. They are situated
at Broad and Catherine Streets in
South Philadelphia.
The four story building has an
auditorium seating 1000 and both
structures have large banquet halls.
In one of these Father Divine sat
down to a fried chicken dinner
while "angel in a shimmering eve-
ming gown waved large fan over
his head.
The Phoenix index., 1940-11-09
Young Woman Pilot Is
Killed In Plane Crash
CHARLESTON, S. C.-(SNs)-

CHARLESTON, S. C.-(SNS)-
Charleston citizens were shocked
and Saddened beyond words when
word came early Wednesday morn
ing that Miss Theodosle Fraser,
181 Congress Street, was killed at
Hopewell, Virginia, Tuesday, while
landing her plane in her second
solo flight. Miss Fraser was COM
pleting a few remaining hours nee
essary for her bachelors degree at
Virginia State, Petersburg, Va.
She held the esteem and hopes
Of all Charlejtorians for her un-
Usual interest in race affairs and
unusual efforts to improve the
plight of her young associates. For
several weeks this year she wrote
the Round Town" column for the
LIGHTHOUSE and Informer. She
headed the effort Hf bringing
The Phoenix index., 1940-11-09

Marva Louis tn Charleston in May.
She, along with Miss Ruth Nc
Cottry, established Charleston's
first Kindergarten School for busy
parents, the closing of which was
held a few days before she left fol
school. Miss Fraser was also very
active at Central Baptist Church,
and took the lead in recreational
programs, forums ETC., for the
young people.
Miss Fraser was popular and
loved by both old and young. Her
spirit for adventure, her desire to
help her country and improve the
plight of her people have combin.
ed to take her to the world be-
yond, it is people like she, who
give courage, ambition anG deter
mination to the race
The Phoenix index., 1940-11-09

onions and tomatoes to the local
market in the spring, and the last
turnips and spinach in the fall, is
a sort of practical training need
ed by many farmers who can see
their livelihood being Snatched
away for one reason or another.
DO NOT UNDERSTAND
However, many low-income farm
families, although they may be
willing and ready workers. have
htt1e understanding of improved
their self-support. This is a prob
lem with which the Farm Security
Administration is now wrestling,
by providing advice on sound
farming methods to all } families
which are financed by its loans.
DR.. w. w. Alexander, former
Farm Security Administrator, testi-
fled on May %, 1910, before the
Senate Civil Liberties Committee,
that the Farm Security Admins
tration had been handicapped i'll
it's program by the inability OF
many farmers-because of their
lack of education - to understand
farm and home plans. He urged
the development of educational
facilities to give low-income farm
ers and their children the training
they need. DR.. Alexander also
pointed out that Farm Security
Administration loans have made it
possible for more than 100000
The Phoenix index., 1940-11-09
Pomp Hall Does
Away with One
Crop System

BRISTOW, Oklahoma-(S N 81
Every year thousands of farm
families in the South find them
selves disinherited, as small cotton
farms become less and less profit"
able for both the renter and the
owner Tenant farmers and share
croppers, pushed off the land by
tractors and other machines - OF
because the traditional insecurity
of tenure and the one-crop system
have produced eroded and worm
out acres-Search for a new future
down the endless highways.
Like many another Southern
tenant farmer, Pomp Hall of Bris-
tow, Oklahoma, decided several
years ago that he could no longer
provide a living for his wife and
five children by growing cotton on
his small rented farm in CreeK
County. He was able to save him
self by changing to another cash
crop.
A TOUGH PROBLEM
When Pomp Hall decided to try
his luck a. growing vegetables, he
knew he was tackling crop that
had beaten many other beWldered
farmers. Land devoted to truck
farming must be better cared for,
cultivation must be more intense,
and an adequate market is essen
tial.
But he knew a little about truck
farming, and the highway ran past
his door. A roadside vegetable stand
was built to attract motoriSts-and
the same highway took farmer Hall
into Tulsa within few hours,
where he could sell the rest of his
produce.
Perhaps more important to the
success of the new farming venture
than the double asset of the high
way and Pomp Halls knowledge of
truck farming, was the fact that
he was able to adapt his efforts
to a new problem. He had COM
pleted the sixth grade in school,
and his wife had gone through the
tenth grade.
The raining that has enabled
Hal Ito offer the first radishes.
The Phoenix index., 1940-11-09
Here's One Tenant Farmer
Who Licked Cotton Prices

children to increase their attend
ance at school.
Farming on rented land in Okla
homa is not an easy job. Much OF
the land for rent is badly eroded,
rocky soil in the hills. But Pomp
Hall has taken advantage of his
training to replace an Improbable
cash crop with one that is more
profitable and feeds his family at
the same time.
CHILDREN IN SCHOOL
In this Creek County farmers
barnyard are 18 hogs, calf, two
mules and some chickens. His
family has homegrown meat and
vegetables at mealtime, and the
five children are attending school.
The oldest son, Roosevelt, takes
keen interest ir his All Club
project, through which he is rails
ing his own hogs. There are other
All Cluo activities in the family;
Herman owns ana feeds the calf,
Gladys seWs, Estella raises her
own garden, and Delphia is raising
chickens.
After the years work is over
Pomp Hall usually finds he has
made enough to pay his bills and
be ready to put in his crops in the
SDring
The Phoenix index., 1940-11-09

governmept.~
The flyers are receiving ground
training from Erskine G. Roberts
and will lget~tredit for the course
in the Mechanic, Arts department,
of which G. Robert Cotton is di-
rector. a
Flying facilities used by L. U.
students are at the Robertson Fly
ing field ntar Jefferson City.
Members of the class in aviation
are Herman Merritt, Everett
Bretcher, George Carter, Walter
Sanderson, Chester Gotham, Will
bur Long, John Kincaide, Herman
Plummer, John Hughes and Geo.
Banks.
The Phoenix index., 1940-11-09
SHOULD AWAKEN

Negro leadership should awaken:
Those who are out in front should
lead. Negro masses should demand
that they lead or depose them. A
great national conference of Negro
leadership should be called. The
NAACP should take the initiative.
1t is already doing a fine job, but
it is too small an organization
and not representative of the power
Of the race. Negroes have kept it
so by non-support.
Who should be invited to this
great conference? College and
school presidents who are supposed
to be helping fit youth for living
should be there. Men like Mordecai
Johnson, and John w. Davis
should certainly be there. Business
should be there, G. G. .Spauldlng
should not be absent. Labor should
be represented by A. Phillip Ran
dolph, the medical profession, the
press, the pulpit or the church
should be there. The Church, Ne
pro churchmen are largely poke.
Of course, they are not in class
by themselves.
Last Spring I wrote an open ap-
peal to the leaders of the church
under the caption Before the Trek
Begins urging them in their con-
ventions to consider strong resolu-
tions and action in behalf of the
Domestic Workers. They were
too preoccupied with their pro-
gram of preaching, addresses, long
PRAYERS, gospel singers, elections OF
bishops and presidents, to consider
a little matter like the lowly
domestics, whose meager earnings
support so many of them.
A FEW DEMANDS
Who else should be there? All OF
the Negro leaders who have given
fat jobs in Washington as Advisors
on Negro affairs. etc. ought to be