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The Omaha guide., 1941-11-08
ALSO PROVES THAT WHITES
AND BLACKS CAN WORK
TOGETHER IN NJ
Home of goth Pursuit Sou adron Nears Completion

Sare some so students there Archie
Alexander, the famous Negro con-
tractor from Des Moines, Ia, has
the contract for building this air
port and while small in area COM
pared with its huge neighbor being
erected by the Air corps, it is one
of the slickest, trimmest airfields
you ever looked at. It's large
brick hangar accommodates 10 army
traising planes and working quar-
ters for Capt. Parish, army super
visor; G. L. Washington, civilian
manager, chief pilot Alfred And
erson and their various aides. The
students have living quarters at
Tuskegee.
1,500 WORK NIGHT
AND DAY
A scant six miles further, 1900
workmen, toiling day and night on
three eight hour shifts are rushing
to completion the third airport, the
big two million dollor army field
which is expected to be named
'Moton field"
The immensely Of this job stag
gers an onlooker. Apparently it
does not phase Calvin McKissack,
younger of the two noted archit-
ects and builders Of Nashville and
actively engaged in charge Of the
job while his brother Nose looks
after other contracts. Calvin Nc
Kissack, with his quiet manner,
smooth, almost unctous voice,
shoots his car over hills, ruts and
bitches and chambers where the car
just cannot 60 over these hundred
Of acres as they emerge from a
billy, wooded, stretch of red clay
farm land into a community which
will house and afford training and
working quarters for a thousand or
two officers flying cadets, soldiers
mechanics and employees, as calmly
as if he were constructing one IF
the churches for which his firm is
famed throughout the southland.
Mr.. McKissack won't talk mach
about his job. He modestly says
The Omaha guide., 1941-11-08
JIM CROW OFFICERS
SCHOOL NOT BEFORE
WAR DEPARTMENT

New York-The purported re-
quest for segregated Army off
icer's training schools lis not Of
ficially before the War Depart
ment or discussion or otherwise"
the NAACP was informed last
week by Major General E. L. Adj
ans of the Adjutant Generals Of
flee.
News of the request was broad
cast by Fulton Lewis, Jr, Wash
ington news commentator for the
Mutual B~roadcasting System, Oct
ober 20. His assistant told the
NAACP that the information came
from Edgar G. Brown, head of the
United Government Employees.
Brown and others are said to have
asked for the separate training
schools i nan official letter to the
President.
Last week so Negro leaders
signed a statement to the chief
executive repudiating the request.
IN addition to those whose names
were published last week are Mrs.
S. w. Layten, Philadelphia, Pa
president of the Women's Auxil-
larry Convention to the National
Baptist Convention; Judge Myles
Paige of the Court of Special Ses-
sions, New York City, and George
N. White, secretary Of the Home
Missions Of the Congregational
church.
The Omaha guide., 1941-11-08
Farmer Given
Sentence
FOR BRUTAL MURDER
OF HIS WIFE

Thomas Farmer, 40, employee of
Cudahy Packing Co., for II years,
who killed his wife, the former
Miss Emma Parker, a resident Of
South Omaha, pleaded guilty to
second degree murder on Nov. 4th
and was given life Imprisonment
by Judge Sears He was repres-
ented by Atty. John Adams Sr.
His attorney claimed self-defense
and asked for a lesser sentence
than life. The prosecutor was A..
A. Fielder and he recommended
The Omaha guide., 1941-11-08
GIGANIC PROJECT; CIVILIAN
ARMY TRAINING FIELD ALSO
NEARS COMPLETION


Tuskegee, Nov. A (by Albert An
derson for ANP)-There could
scarcely be a more inspiring sight
for one who was interested m a
demonstration Of the abilities Of
Negroes in the field Of construct
ion, than to observe the progress
of the two airports being erected
here at Tuskegee, each of which is
being built by Negro contractors
and their crews.
Both are being developed incid-
emit to the training Of the goth Pur-
suit squadron, the all-Negro group
of flying cadets. This group is
already in training at the Civilian
Army Training field, almost COM
pleted and which is owned by Tus-
kegee institute. AS soon as the
students graduate from tbs prelim-
mary army course, required before
the air corps accepts them IS cad
cts, they will be given their broad
er, more exacting training at the
big 100 acre airfield Which is
mushrooming up after the fashion
of a vigorous, growing young city.
THREE AIRPORTS AT
TUSKEGEE
There will lbe three flying fields
here. Tuskegee already had a rem
porary field where the CAA prim-
army course is given. Some 40
students are enrolled there at pres
emit. Because of the superior re-
cord which the youth Of this school
have made, Tuskegee was selected
for the more difficult civilian army
training course. That required a
more adequate field so Tuskegee
which plans to make aviation a
definite part of its future program,
bought land at another more fav-
orable location and erected a new
field at a cost of $2OO,0OO for field
and equipment.
This new field is almost finished
but training has been going on
there for several weeks. There
The Omaha guide., 1941-11-08

life.
The killing occurred on 10th and
Dodge St., in front of the Neville
Hotel, where she worked as a maid,
August II, 1941.
"This was a ruthless crime
commented the judge, who critic
lied the county attorneys office
with the statement that he believed
the case should have gone to trial
since that charge must be tried be-
fore a jury, with no guilty plea
permissible.
The Omaha guide., 1941-11-08
Contractors
Make PROGRESS ON
HUGE PROJECTS
PROVES that NO MISTAKE WAS MADE IN
GIVING CONTRACT TO NEGRO FIRM;

that his task is to turn over to the
United States army a plant COM
pleted to Specifications laid out BY
army engineers, within the e
cribed time and cost limits, and to
prove when he does SO that no mis-
take was made when the contracts
was awarded to a colored firm.
Under him are 1900 skilled and I'M
skilled men, black and white. The
ratio runs about 1000 colored, 500
white. He has employed all the
competent skilled black men he
could find, most of the white men
working for white sub contractors
who handle certain phases of the
work which were sub-let and Sc
cured on bid. Most of the men
have been employed from Tuske-
gee and nearby counties. A few
are his regular foremen and work
men who go with him wherever he
has a job to do.
WORKMEN OF BOTH RACES
Here il the deep south these men
have demonstrated that there is
not the slightest difficulty in hay
ing workmen of two races, work
ing side by side under the general
supervision of a colored contractor.
There has not been the slightest
bit of friction or trouble. Every-
one seems imbued with the fact
that they want to get the plant fin
ished on time. The plant is &c be
handed over in December. AL
ready trainees ar9 pouring in
Some 200 mechanics from Ckanute
ii.II arrived last week. They are
foused in tents bU14 up on wood
eL flooring until the imp ,s,rg
group of green rooted barracks
owe en- the hill is finished.
Every modern convenience will
be installed in this community.
McKissack and his men changed
the course of sizeable creek which
ran through the grounds, and then
hard by are building a great sew
age plant. The public utilities in
the camp are large enough to
serve a city of 10000 people. The
army apparently is building both
for permanency and expansion. A
little further on top of a high hill
which overlooks the whole area, a
water works, reservoir and filter
ing plant are being constructed.
simultaneously four great runways
are being built, one Of them look
ing to be about a block wide, is a
mile long. The base for the run
The Omaha guide., 1941-11-08
ALL SHELLS
ACCOUNTED
FOR
AS MANIAC KILLS ENTIRE
FAMILY

Mon9sy morning Nov. 8, Percy
Green, Tucson, Mississippi bought
seven shot gun shells and Monday
night ali shells were accounted
for. Percy Green killed his wife,
his mosher-in-law and his wjfe's
grandmother and grandfather,
With the fifth bullet he shot at
himself and missed, but with the
sixth bullet he shot himself in the
head, thus killing hisself Out OF
seven shell, there is only one shell
left. All shells are accounted for.
The Omaha guide., 1941-11-08
REGISTER FOR DEFENSE JOB
TRAINING CLASSES

1t is of the greatest Importance
that colored men and women and
young people who wish employment in
defense industries secure the necess-
airy training in classes which have
been established.
This newspaper urges you to reg
lister for defense training classes Of
the NYA, WPA, or local vocational
schools; also in training classes at in
dustrial plants. Register Today!
The Omaha guide., 1941-11-08
(by Ruth Taylor

OOlCiliiIly &lIu LCNCl CllCly
we gather together this
Armistice Day, 1911 to
pay honor to those who
died in the last World
War in defense of the free
dom which we all hold so
dear.
We mourn those who
have gone-but at the
same time we recognize
that there are worse
things than death. Death
is but one more tomorrow
and for those to whom
faith is given, it holds no
terror.
We can, and we have, as
a people, faced death that
others might live. Now
we must face life that all
may live-a life changed
from our ambitions, plans
burdened with hardships
and sacrifice, darkened
perhaps by war and it's at
tendant horrors.
To hate war is right. To
fear war is understand
able. But to avoid war by
denial of our principles
because of the hatred and
fear is wrong. We must
fight evil wherever it ex-.,
lists.
A decade and more be-
fore the Civil War, Low
ell wrote his "Stanzas on
Freedom" which was the
rallying cry against Slav-
cry. Today it should a.
gain be the rallying cry
for those who are against
the new slavery let loose
in the world.
"They are slaves who
fear to speak
For the fallen and the
weak;
They are slaves who will
not choose
Hatred, soothing and
abuse
Rather than in silence
shrink
From the truth they
needs must think;
They are slaves who
dare not be
In the right with two
or three"
The freedom that is ours
must be paid for by each
and every one of us. In
complete though our dem
ocracy may be, it offers
more to each succeeding
generation than any other
form Of government ever
has bestowed. What its
future is depends on the
individuals who comprise
it. It's preservation may
cost us much-but we
know that he who faces
death bravely for another,
finds life eternal.
WHERE TO GO TO
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1941-08-29
lnnerspring Mattress
Greatest Improvement

Did you know that we've done
more to improve sleeping equip
ment during the last 100 years than
was done in all the many centuries
preceding? Bedding authorities say
that the 100 years since l84l have
seen the evolution of the mattress
from bag filled with cornhusks to
the modern innerspring.
The cornhusk mattress was fol-
lowed in about 1875 by one filled
with excelsior from the sawmills of
Wisconsin. Ten years later, moss
from the marshes of Georgia and
Alabama was introduced as the best
possible of mattress filings.
Cotton mattresses didn't come
into popularity until the turn of the
century. The biggest step forward
came during the World war when
the innerspring type was intro
duced, although it was not until
the early twenties that they were
marketed generally. Since that
time it has been the comfort ideal
of most sleepers, though in eastern
states hair mattresses, not popu-
lar elsewhere because of the hea.,
are considered very fine.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1941-08-29
Man Makers Having Trouble

So you think the average map
maker is cleaning up in these days
of war? Well, you are wrong, &C.
cording to one of the four globe
companies in the United States. The
truth of the matter is that they are
hardly getting along, said the presi-
dent of one company There was a
big splurge of mapbuying right aft
er the war started, but it died down
right away and nothing has hap
pened since, the official said. There
was bit of map buying when Ger
many went into Belgium, but it end
ed quickly. Changing conditions in
this country also necessitate change
in map making. A big atlas, put out
by one company, with an index that
carries 208, 900 items, will have to be
corrected due to the census. Fiji
teen thousand miles of railroad
have been abandoned in the last 10
years and these will have to come
off the maps. So, all in all, the
globe and map makers are having
troubles of their own keeping pace
with the march of Hitler and the
march of progress in the United
States.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1941-08-29
Screen Fare Taken Seriously

If you don't think the general pub
lic-meaning about 88 per cent of
those 100000 people popularity
supposed to attend the movies every
week-don't take their screen fare
seriously, take another guess. A
storm of protest came from all over
the country when teen-age actor
brought home his girl at the break
of dawn. A running gag in one pic
ture had one of the players under
the perpetual influence of pin-mar-
bic games. This brought a protest
by fans who thought it encouraged
gambling. Women's clubs and pro-
hibition groups heaved a barrage of
stern warnings when the hero in an
other picture browns his domestic
sorrows by tossing down one drink
after another One studio received
letter from Brooklyn teachers who
asked if MAIZE" couldn't improve
her English in her pictures, and the
studio ordered dialogue writer's to
insert in Mazie's future pictures
line to the effect that unfortunately
"She never had much schooling and
That she wished she could talk bet
ter, but has to express herself the
BEST she can"
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1941-08-29
No Passports to Canada

Permanent residents of the United
States entering Canada as tourists
do not require passports. They SIM
ply report to the Canadian immigra-
ton and customs officers at the port
OF entry, answer the necessary ques-
tlons and obtain the requisite permit
Tor admission of car and outfit
Decision regarding personal entry
rests with the examining immigra-
ton officer and it is suggested that
the possession of Identification pa
pers facilitates entry if documen-
tary evidence should be required.
Naturalized citizens of the United
States should be prepared to pre-.
sent their certificates of naturaliza-
ton and residents of this country
who are not citizens thereof should
be prepared to present proof of their
legal entry into the United States.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1941-08-29
Peacock Still Common

The native home of the peacock
is the wooded hill-country of India
and Ceylon, and it is still common
there in wild state. 1t was the
favorite bird of Juno in Roman
mythology, and the white variety is
held sacred by some castles in India.
Although it was domesticated- at a
remote period, it is uncertain when
this bird was introduced into Eu-
rope and other continents. A fossil
form was discovered in California in
1903, showing some kind existed in
America. Literature has many allu-
sions to the peacock. Aristophanes
referred to the Persian peacocks,
and Suidas termed it the Median
bird. Phny mentioned it as a table
delicacy. In his Reeves Tale,
Chaucer said, LAS eny pecok he was
proud and gay" Shakespeare had
Thersites describe Ajax as "Why,
a stalks up and down like a pea
cock in Act III, Scene 3
Of Troilus and CreSsida.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1941-08-29
TrrepreSSible Sternutation'

rs there any cure for hay
fever?" asked a patient once of
DR.. Oliver Wendell Holmes. Eyes, -
he answered. Gravel taken
about eight feet deep" Today, al
though physicians know little more
about hay fever than DR.. Holmes
did, their attitude is more optimis-
tic. To them the disease which an
nually sets 100000 U. S. victims
gasping is common form of aller-
gy: a bodily sensitivity to certain
foreign substances such as eggs,
milk, wheat, horsehair, pollen
grains, banana OIL Once these sub
stances get into the bloodstream of
sensitive people, there ensue such
violent reactions as hives, vomiting,
binding headaches, and what Hen
ry Ward Beecher lovingly called
'lrrepressible sternutation' (sneez-
ing).
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1941-08-29
Uncle Sam Measures
Clothes to Fit Children

Children, hereafter, will wear
clothes that fit them, if the U. 5.
government has anything to say
about it. Until now manufacturers
didn't use patterns that were accu-
rate, aside from skimping on ma
terials. AS a result the outfits they
turned out were either too big or
too small for the boys and girls
they were supposed to fit. But Uncle
Sam has corrected all this. With
the aid of manufacturers, state uni
versitieS and other agencies, the
government recently completed the
measurements of more than 100, 1000
children to find out just what dress
or a pair of pants for a certain age
should be in terms of length and
breadth. These officials measured
the youngsters from all describable
angles and from all this laboriOus
work arrived at set of standards
that should make things easier for
fathers and mothers who have to
buy children's clothes. The survey
was conducted in eight states, with
about $4,000 youngsters scaled in
each Of these states. The measure
ments have been filed away in the
bureau of economics, a branch of
the department of agriculture and
are now available to manufacturers
who are willing to cooperate with
the government in seeing that Amer
lean children are dressed with the
right fitting clothes.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1941-08-29
Sixty-five Movie
Theaters for Army

The Amel lean Red Cross Will Uper-
ale standard sound motion picture
<heaterS in ill., hospital recreation
buildings. now under construction in
81 army camps. il i announced by
Avian Macaulcy Jr., vice chairman Of
The Detroit chapter. The Red cross
buildings will contain thcater> with q
seating capacity Angling from l4J 10
COO persons. he said. There will be- TWO
- three program changes each week
with >hOwing> of popular movies and
training film at the discretion Of hos
pital commanding officers. Attendance
a the Red Cross theater> will be free
and limited To cunValeSccntS and such
ether military lsl sonnet ~ required
for their care.
The recr alton program for cunNdl-
tSent soldiers in army camps j. a.
Sigued 10 the Red Cross under army
regulations. Buildings will IL equip
ped with facilities for games. reading.
cards and other forms Of diVertiS>-
lnent and will serve also H. hradquar
terS for visiting relatives, NJ MaCaul
ey said. Red Gross assisted by IN diCaf
social workers and volunteers IGray
Ladies from nearby chapters Will con
duet the program. SiXty-'hree of The
CenteiS are being constructed in the
United S.ateS and one each in Puerto
RN-O and Alaska.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1941-08-29
Germs Fighting Germs


A number of developments in the
direction of making harmless germs
night harmful germs have been re-
ported. Drs. Selman A. Wakeman
and n. Boyd Woodruff of New Jer-
sey found soil germs which destroy
specific disease germs, both gram
positive and gram-negative, that is.
all types of bacteria. DR.. Edwin c.
Wnite OF the Brady institute, Johns
HOPKINS, has cultivated a mold, a
slngle-celled plant organism, which
exudes germ-destroying substance
that acts on most germs tested.
DR.. Albert Tyler of the California
institute OF Technology has found g
method of extracting substances
from the disease germs themselves
that VIII destroy these germs.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1941-08-29
History of Pewter Dates
Back to Biblical Times

PEWTER is the oldest composite
metal known, with a history extend
ing back to Bible times. The Ro-
mans were skilled in the making of
pewter and it is believed they in
'roouced 1t into England. This metal
superseded wooden plates and horn
drinking cups, but not until Eliza
Oethan times did it come into COM
mon everyday use in England. 9th
CT countries were making it as we'll,
lot Wherever mines of tin or lead
were found pewter was produced.
History says the modern appear
ance OF this metal occurred in 1914,
When a synod in Rouen sanctioned
IT'S use for church vessels. Since that
time many fine pieces were made
lor communion purposes, holy wa
Ter vessels and bells. Some of the
hnest pewter is found in old church
services. Several early American
churches have old pewter that is
priceless, IN the sense that it is held
In such high esteem by its cuStodi-
ans that no sum would be accepted
for it.
TWO centuries later pewter for
domestic purposes is reported in a
document which tells of the boiling
OF meats in pewter caldron at the
coronation of Edward l. 1t reached
the height of its popularity in the
l7OOs. After that china and earth
enWare began to take its place and
by 1850 it was no longer in demand.
Another factor in the decline of
old pewter is that the method of
making 1t was changed A new prod
uct called Britannia ware made its
appearance early in the Nineteenth
century. This new ware was much
harder in composition. This result
ed IN change from handwork to
that of product largely machine
made, when it became a matter of
quantity.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1941-08-29
1R7.723


STATE OF MICHIGAN, County OF
Wayne-Ss. At a session of the Pro-
bate Court for said County of Wayne,
held at the Probate Court room in the
City Of Detroit, on the thirty-first dav
OF July in the year one thousand nine
hundred fOrty-One. Present Joseph A.
Murphy, Judge Of Probate In the mrs,
ter Of the estate of PETER G..
ASSENMACHER, deceased ON read
ing and filing the petition, duly veri-
fled. Of John F. McInerney and John
X. McInerney. executors of the last
will and testament of said deceased.
praying that they may be licensed To
sell certain real estate Of said deceaS-
ed for the purpose of paying the lega-
cies Of said deceased and to carry out
the terms Of said last will Ii is o.
iered. that the eighth day Of Septem-
her. next at ten O'Clock in the fore
noon AZ said Court room he appointed
for hearing Seiid petition. and that all
persons interested in said estate ap-
pear before said Court nj said time
and place. Ia show cause why a license
should not be granted TO said execu-
tors TO sell real estate as prayed for in
said petition. And il is further ordered,
that copy of this order be published
three successive weeks previous to
said time of hearing. in the Wyandotte
Herald. newspaper printed and circu-
;at;ng in said County Of Wayne
JOSEPH 4. MURPHY.
Judge of Probate
a tine copy)
CHARLES r. HARRIS.
Deputy Probate Register. S3w3
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1941-08-29
STATE FAIR WILL TEACH
ECONOMICAL MEAT BUYING

ISdrolt.-A meat exhibit designed to
save housewives many dollars in these
days of rising food costs will be fea
iured al the ord annual Michigan state
lalr which opened on "Wednesday.
Stretching food dollars will be the
thtdlh' of the thrift meat show
winch VIII h. produced under the dir
~llon "f the State Live Stock and
Meat Beard.
Any meat exhibition can feature
porlerhouSe >jsakS. crown rOaStS and
English ktmb chops" said Bernard ]
1"lifSblo"d. state fair manager. But
We feel there. will he a greater value
|" lalr patrons in he featuring of
less popular but just as nOuriShing and
tasty cuts which are conparatively
inexpensive Some Of these cuts are
virtually unknown 10 the average
housewife
Hfef. pork and lamb cuts will he
.n',.uutd In the exhibit. Beef cuts will
include blade steak and cross Gu;
Sidiih>. Economical pork cuts will in
ciuue butterfly ham slices and cushion
lork shoulder. Lamb economies viii b.
uiSpiayed lay rolled lamb shoulder and
lamb trotterS
Mlchlgan'S leadeI ship over "a other
s,ateS In the production of meat and
'ht "ooperatiOn of Michigan STATE
'"l,eSt should make the exhibit timely
NY educational. IOungblOOod pointed