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forces from using it as base. The
London press continued to urge
such action vigorously but the gov
ernment has not hinted its inten-
| tionS.
OFFENSIVE PREDICTED
Axis commentators insisted q new
Axis offensive. presumably in the
eastern Mediterranean, will get un-
derway almost Immediately.
The italian spokesman, Virginia
Gayda. declared the Axis powers
have now made plans for dealing
with possible U. S. intervention IN
the war and added that this is
the moment for action"
London feared that unless the
British acted swiftly in Syria the
Axis would insist that France call
upon Germany and Italy to pro
tect" Syria thus givins an ostensible
reason for entry of Axis troops into
the area.
The British believed that this
plan was among those discussed at
the Brenner Pass conference OF
Adolf Hitler and Benito MuSSolini,
citing unofficial reports from the
Middle East that German pressure
on Syria was increasing, that some
German troops already have land
ed. that communications between
Egypt and Syria have been severed,
that Nazis were in occupation of
Syrian airdromeS and have moved
important forces to the nearby Ital-
ian Dodecanese islands for offensive
action.
FRENCH DENIALS
The French countered these re-
ports with a denial, issued at Beirut
by the high commissioner, Gen.
Henri Dentz, that any Nazi troops
have arrived in Syria.
French officials at Syria charged
that the British were deliberately
circulating false rumors of German
troop landings in Syria to provide
pretext for invasion. They assert
ed that Syria would defend herself
with all her forces against invasion
from any quarter.
In Berlin it was said that the Hit
ler- -Mussolini conference indicated
that the Axis will strike it's next
blow in the eastern Mediterranean
and that the campaign will open
at any moment.
In that connection it was noted
that the Axis forces have stepped
up their air-attack On the British
garrison at besieged Tobruk and
Tuesday reported intensification OF
artillery fire in the Sollum area.
These may be indications that the
long-stalled Axis troops on the Lib
Egyptian frontier are getting
ready to develop their threat agalnst
Suez.
L. S. DISCUSSED
Rome suggested tnat Hitler and
MuSSolini canvaSSed the possible
entry of the United States into the
war and the relation of France, Por-
tugal, Spain, Russia, Turkey and
Japan to the war as well as often
sive plans in the Mediterranean.
Grattan P. McGroarty, United
Press staff correspondent, reported
from Alexandria that possibly IS
per cent of the British forces in
Crete had been evacuated safely
The evacueeS were said to number
$1,000 of an original force of 10000.
He reported that the evacuation
was carried out in four days by
British destroyers anG cruisers un-
der constant attack by the German
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uation was purely French prob
lem but suggested Germany would
be willing to consult with Vichy
if the French felt a British inva-
sion of the inundated territory call
ed for a change in the armistice
conventions which now govern
Franco German relations.
There were indications the Brit
ish are moving rapidly toward an
occupation of Syria to prevent Axis
forces from using it as a base. The
London press continued to urge
such action vigorously but the gov
ernment has not hinted its inten-
tioDS
The Omaha guide., 1941-08-09
r. R. WRIGHT
NAMED PRES,
WILBERF'RCE
FOR | YEAR

WHEREFORE, Aug. a AMP =
Meeting in perfect unity the exc
cutive committee Of the joint state
and church boards of Wilberforce
university, on Thursday named
Bishop r. R. Wright as acting
president for one year. The in
vitation, which was practically a
drfat, was extended upon the part
of both the state and church fore
es and Bishop Wright is to head
all departments.
The motion to invite Bishop
Wright was made by Rev. Charles
Isom of the state board and Sec
onded by Bishop David Sims Of the
Church group. Assurance was
given Bishop Wright that he would
have the unified support Of both
boards in working out a unified
program for a great university.
This would appear to end the
upheaval at Wilberforce which re-
suited in the dismissal of Presi-
dent D. Ormonde Walker and re-
ordinations between the church
and secular forces governing the
institution. Bishop Wright a for
mer president of the institution
and was serving On the trustee
board.
The Omaha guide., 1941-08-09
DENTAL CONFAB TO HAVE
POST GRAD CLINICS

Richmond, Va, August 4 CAMP
The National Dental association at
its annual session, August Ills,
will inaugurate the first of a SER
les of post graduate clinics for
those dentists attending the con-
vention.
This years Dental Education
Vacation" will confer around elm
les by DR.. S. B. Smith, Amber, Pa
and DR.. R. Beecher Costa, New Ha-
ven, Conn, who will demonstrate
with models and slides modern,
methods of denture construction
improving the appearance and fit
Of upper and lower plates.
The Peter B. Ramsey Dental
society, Richmond, will serve as
hosts Of the convention and ann
ounce that facilities will be avail
able for the expected 500 or more
dentists. Headquarters for the
convention will be the newly con-
structed Maggie L. Walker High
school and housing accommodate
ions for the practitioners and
their families will be on the adj
jacent Virginia Union university
campus.
Among the other clinicians are
included DR.. B. L. Jackson, Tusk-
egee, who will discuss the treat
ment of pyorrhea with the Persim-
mon Extract as discovered by DR..
George W. Carver; DR.. ROLAND J.
Main, Medical College Of Virginia,
will lecture on diet and its rela-
tionship to dentistry; and DR.. H.
B. Haag, Medical College Of Vir-
ginia, will present a paper on
sulfanilamide in the treatment of
mouth infection.
The Omaha guide., 1941-08-09
TEXAS WOMAN WINS PRIZE
FOR NOVEL ON NEGRO LIFE

New York, August 3 (ANP) -
A $500 prize for a first novel,
dealing with life among Negroes
in a small town, has been handed
to a white housewife, winner Of
the first annual Thomas Jefferson
Southern award, a competition
sponsored by The Virginia Quar-
terly Review and E. P. Dutton Co.
New York publishers. She is Mrs.
Elizabeth Lee Wheaton of Texas
City, Texas.
The award was made of $1,000
outright with the balance repres-
enting an advance on royalties.
The book, entitled "Mr. Georges
joint, will be published in the
fall by buttons and the Review.
In her manuscript Mrs. Wheat
On pictures Mr.. George, her CEN
trail character, as the operator of
a beer and soft drink parlor in the
Negro section of a small southern
town. Here the people of the
community generally hold their
social rendezvous. Inasmuch as
the books action is developed from
this point, the author has attempt
ed to reflect the life Of the COM
munity through George showing
how completely apart the Negroes
are from the white man Of the
town.
Mrs. Wheaton is a native Tex
an and has lived in the state the
better part of her life. She is
said to be annoyed by the moving
picture versions of Negro life and
therefore has tried to give a bet
ter understanding Of him. She
claims no special knowledge, but
doesn't think this Necessary if one
is interested in the Negro.
The Omaha guide., 1941-08-09
JACKIE ROBINSON NAMED TO
ALL STAR GRID SQUAD

Chicago, Aug. 2 CAMP Jackie
Robinson, star running and pass
snatching halfback on the U%nivers-
ity Of California at Los Angeles
football team squad for the past
two years, has been elected to the
annual all-star football squad
which plays the Chicago Bears,
world professional champions, in
Soldiers field late this month.
Although Jackie will not be a
starter, he is expected to see con-
siderable astion. Last year his
teammate, Kenny Washington,
played for the College All Stars.
Three other Negro prospects
failed to win positions. They
were Jim Smith of Northwestern
and Archie Harris of Indiana, ends
and Lon Montgomery Of Boston
college, halfback,
The Omaha guide., 1941-08-09
A Job For
Us A1l...

grams for defense operated under
government supervision must be
open to all persons desiring train
ing for defense industries, regard
less of the persons race, color,
creed or national origin. This in
cludes all courses in industrial
skills operated under the s~upervis-
ion Of the WPA, NYA, u. s. Of
flee Of Education, and local pro-
grams receiving assistance from
the federal agencies.
2. All contracts granted after
June 25 when the executive order
was issued, by the VI. s. govern
ment (including all its depart
ments and agencies like the Army
Navy, Marine Corps, Office Of
Production Management and 9TH
ers) must have clauses in them
which state that the company OF
companies getting the contract
will not discriminate against any
worker because Of his race, creed,
color or national origin.
3. The Committee on Fair En-
ployment Practices composed Of
six men, two colored, four white,
with an executive secretary soon
to be employed, is responsible only
to the President. It's work is to
receive legitimate, factual comp
laints Of discrimination in defense
industries or vocational training
for defense work; investigate
these complaints, and where it
finds the charges justified, to
take steps necessary to see that
the executive order Is obeyed.
Members of the Committee on
Fair Employment Practices r
Mark Ethridge, managing editor
Of the Louisville, Ky. Courier
Journal, chairman; David Sarnoff
president of the Radio Corporation
Of America, New York; Earl B.
Dickerson, alderman, Chicago, III.
Milton p. Webster, vice president
Of the Brotherhood Of Sleeping
Car Porters; William Green, pres
ident Of the American Federation
Of Labor; and Phillip Murray,
president of the Congress of In
dustrial Organizations. When the
executive secretary to the comm
ittee is appointed complaints
should be sent to him.
The Omaha guide., 1941-08-09
CHICAGO CAMERA CLUB
ANNOUNCES THIRD NATION
AL SALON

Chicago, Aug. A CAMP, Spon-
sored by the Lens Camera Club Of
Chicago, the third annual national
salon open to amateur photograph
ers throughout the world has been
announced for Sept. z to Oct. l
at the Southside Community Art
center.
The only national salon conduct
ed by a Negro club, this years
competition is expected to provide
a wide range Of entries from am
ateur camera enthusiasts. Last
year it was held in connection
with the American Negro Expos
ition and was a contest as we'll as
salon. The contest with prizes in
cash and merchandise has been
abolished for 1941. Instead, med
ais and awards will be made for
the winning prints chosen by the
jury.
The closing date for entries will
be Aug. 81, with each contestant
permitted to submit a maximum
Of six prints mounted in regular
salon fashion. Selection of prints
to be displayed as well as the
winning pictures will take place a.
round Aug. 80. Complete details
and entry blanks may be obtained
from the secretary of the Lens
The Omaha guide., 1941-08-09

KANSAS CITY, Nc, Aug. 3 -
(ANP)-Several hundred Negro
building trades workers r now
employed on various defense pro-
jects in this area as a result of the
removal of trade union bans a
gainst them in local labor unions,
Thomas A. Webster executive sec
rotary of the Kansas City Urban
League reported this week to the
Office of Production Management.
AS a result Of the activity of
the Negro employment and train
ing branch of OPM. Negroes have
been admitted to the carpenters
and bricklayers unions in that
area, and an agreement has been
reached for their admission into
the painters union through an all
Negro local similar to the one
formed by the carpenters in Great
er Kansas City.
According to NJ Webster's re
port, 131 Negroes, including "a
carpenters and seven nod carriers
were employed last week in the
construction of the North Americ-
an Aviation factory in Kansas
City, Mo. The Patti Brothers
company is erecting this project.
One Negro foreman is in charge
of a mixed crew On this job.
More than 43O Negro building
construction workers are employ
ed in the erection of the Lake City
Ammunition plant near Kansas
City, including 100 hod carriers,
five bricklayers, 26 carpenters and
more than 300 laborers, plumbers
and heavy construction laborers.
Negro painters are expected to be
employed on the job as the result
of an agreement reached with the
Painters District council. The
council has agreed to permit the
Negro painters to apply for an "A.
F. of L. charter so that they may
work on union jobs in this area.
The Office Of Production Man
agement entered the trade union
picture in this ire when Negroes
were barred from working On the
closed shop construction job at
Fort Riley, Kans. AS a result of
OPM intervention, the Negroes
were granted an A. F. of L. char
ter and permitted to work on the
Fort Riley job. Since then more
than 100 Negro carpenters have
worked on closed shop jobs at Fort
Leonard Wood and at other sites
in this area.
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Mrs. Dement, of Texas
Elected Natl Pres. NACW

Committee, Mrs. |. W. Rowan Of
the Mother, Home and Child De
partment also reported.
Among the speakers were Mrs.
Jane Spaulding of Charleston, W.
Va, on "Women in Industry;
Miss Mary ". Robinson of the u.
S. Department of Labor on "The
Negro Woman Worker in Our De-
mocracy Today; Miss Thelma Nc
Kelvey, OPM office on Training
Demand and Supply Of Negro La
Dor IN Defense and Industrial En-
terprise''; DR.. G. w. Welle, "Heal-
tn and Hygiene; Miss Frances
Williams, consumer commissioner,
National Defense Advisory Com
mission; Mrs. Grace Evans, Leg
i~xiation"; Mrs. Sallie w. Stewart,
the "NACW. and the NACG.".
end E. B. Meissner, president aud
general manager of the St. Louis
Car Co., who spoke on procedure
Necessary to Secure Employment
Of Qualified Negroes in Industry
Mrs. Fannie Baxter, Chicago; Miss
-Au6iey Moore, New York City;
Roscoe Dunjee editor of the Black
Dispatch and A. Philip Randolph,
all cf whom spoke on the subject
Successful Efforts In Opening
New Job Opportunities for Negro
Women"
Special trains brought delegat-
ions from several eastern states
and from Texas. Mrs. Sallie w.
Stewart, executive secretary, said
the session was one of the most
profitable yet held.
The Omaha guide., 1941-08-09

Now that the President has put
up the stop sign On all discrimin-
alton on account Of race, color,
creed or national origin to indust-
ries with government contracts for
national defense purposes, it is the
job of all of US to see that his edict
is obeyed. First there must be a
clear understanding Of what the
order means.
WHAT THE EXECUTIVE
ORDER MEANS
Briefly it amounts to this:
1. All vocational training pro-
The Omaha guide., 1941-08-09
HOW TO MAKE THE
EXECUTIVE ORDER WORK

In order to make the work Of the
FEP Committee mean the most to
US and to prevent any employer
from disobeying the order, it is
the responsibility Of every Negro
American to:
/. Send all known instances of
discrimination on account of race
or color by industrial plants with
government contracts for defense
10 the Committee on Fair Employ
ment Practices in care Of the
chairman Mark Etheridge, Wash
ington, ID. O., until the appoint
mont Of the executive secretary,
who should then receive the COM
plants.
Facts should be clearly and &C
curately set forth preferably in
the form Of All affidavit.
2. Send a copy Of the com-
| plants to the National Office of
the NAACP., 69th Fifth avenue,
New York City, and retain one
for your own files.
3. Send all known instances of
discrimination on account Of race
or color in vocational schools for
government defense work operated
by or under a government agency
to the committee. Exercise the
same care and accuracy with these
statements.
A. Send a copy of this COM
plant to the NAACP national Of
flee and retain one for your files.
5. Learn what vocational
training courses are offered in the
community and urge that all ELI
gible persons register for them.
8. Check each plant working on
government defense orders in your
locality and make a thorough in
vestigation Of its employment pol
icy so that it may be instantly
known if any plant violates the
executive order.
Make use of the five sets of
contract-lists sent from the New
York office Of the NAACP. to the
local branch in determining which
plants are in your locality and the
amount and kinds Of contracts
granted them. Limited supply of
copies Of these contracts lists are
still available at the New York Of
flee.
CAUTION: Jobs will be open
ed faster and the FEP committee
can function more effective if
each complaint which i sent ~ "A
clear, concise, complete statement
Of facts, and facts only Accur-
acy is of the utmost Importance
since the work of the FEP Comm
ittee means jobs for thousands Of
Negroes.
The Omaha guide., 1941-08-09
DENY WIDOW INSURANCE OF
HUSBAND SHE KILLED

Saginaw, Mich, Aug. 1 CAMP
Federal Judge Arthur J. futile
handed down a decision Friday,
which denied to Mrs. Beatrice Nc
David, who shot her husband, Is
rael McDavid, a Chevrolet comp
any employee, to death Aug. II,
1889, the right to share in insur-
ance policies carried by the de-
ceased. The judge ruled that the
mother of the deceased, Mrs. Al
vania McDavid Of Patton Junction
Ala, was entitled to the insurance
which totalled $4,000.
The Omaha guide., 1941-08-09
ONE NEGRO OFFICER SERVES
WITH WHITES AT FORT SILL

Fort i'll, Okla, Aug. 4 (ANP)-
One Negro commissioned officer
has been discovered here serving
in a regiment differed by whites.
He is 1t. Welton /. Taylor, who
has been assigned to duty as bat
terry officer with Battery B., 31st
Artillery battalion, colored unit
stationed at Fort Sill.
1t. Taylor was graduated from
the University of Illinois in June
The Omaha guide., 1941-08-09
CS.GA. Plan Four Day Gon>Meet

OMAHA is SCENE OF 18th CENTRAL STATES
GOLF TOURNEY
The organized COlored Linksmen of St. Louis, Des
Moines, Omaha, Topeka, Kansas City, Minneapolis,
and St. Paul are readying themselves for cOmpeti-
ton in what Boyd Galloway president Of the CSGA
describes as the most complete Golf Tournament ev-
er held in the Central States Area. The Golfing
greats of this section will be treated to a four day
menu of Competitive golf starting Friday, August
18th at 8 a. m. with a Ladies Invitational followed in
the AFTERNOON by a Mems Invitational at Fontenelle
Park.
The Omaha guide., 1941-08-09
JEWELL BUILDING STRUCK
BY LIGHTNING

On Tuesday morning during the
rainstorm the Jewell Building at
oath and Grant Street was struck
by lightning. The chimney was
demolished and the fire depart
ment was called out to put out the
fire.
The Omaha guide., 1941-08-09

Miss Geraldine Elizabeth Ross,
who was awarded the Master of
Social Work degree last month
from the Atlanta (Ga.) University
School of SOCIAL Work, has been
appointed Assistant to the Execu-
tive Secretary of the Paseo branch
YWCA., Kansas City, Missouri.
Miss Ross received her undergrad
uate training from Hunter Coll
eye, New York City, and served
for several summers as Junior and
Senior Camp Counsellor at Camp
Atwater, East Brookfield, Mass.
The Omaha guide., 1941-08-09

and had training there in the R.
o. T. c. artillery unit. On grad
uation he was appointed second
lieutenant in the field artillery re-
seve. He was born in Birming-
ham and was brought to Chicago
at the age of six months where he
finished DuSable High school four
years ago. He was assigned here
a few weeks ago.
The Omaha guide., 1941-08-09
CLUB WOMEN CLOSE NOT
ABLE SESSION


Oklahoma City, Aug. 8 (ANP(-
Smashing again the precedent that
leadership in the National Assoc
iation of Colored Women proceeds
along the line of succession, Mrs.
A. B. Dement, of Mineral Wells,
Texas, was elected president at
the 22nd biennial session held
here this week. Winning one Of
the most holly contested elections
in the history Of the organization,
Mrs. Dement, who arrived with a
delegation of more than 100 Tex
ans was the third president in the
history Of the club women's body
to be elected without having filled
the office Of vice president. Mrs.
R. r. Motion, the retiring president
had been so named as was Mrs.
Mary Church Terrell in the initial
days of the body. Miss Arsania
Williams of St. Louis; former vice
president and Mrs. Rebecca Stiles
Taylor of Chicago were the losing
contestants. Support swung to
Mrs. Dement, by delegations from
illinois, Indiana, Michigan and
certain eastern states turned the
tide in the election.
The complete roster of new Of
ficers is: Mrs. Ada Bell Dement,
of Mineral Wells, Texas, President
Mrs. Christine S. Smith, Detroit,
vice president; Mrs. Mamie Mae
Williams, Illinois, LIST recording
secretary; Miss Gladys R. Holm
es, Boston, End recording secret
airy; Mrs Ella P. Stewart, Toledo,
Ohio, treasurer; Mrs. Grace W.
Evans, Terre Haute, Ind, chair
man, executive board; Mrs. Anna
B. Gillum, Little Rock, secretary,
executive board; Mrs. Mamie Mae
Reed, Chicago, parliamentarian;
Mrs. M. ]. Brockway, Oklahoma
City, statistician; Mrs. H. M. Gibbs
Alabama, auditor; Mrs. L. B. Hor-
ace, Texas, chaplain; members of
administrative board included Mrs.
Jennie B. Motion, Capahosic, Va,
Mrs. Elizabeth Brooks, Mass, Mrs
Sara Lee Fleming, Conn, Mrs.
Elizabeth Robertson, Kans., and
Mrs. E. DIM iller of Mound Bayou
Miss.
The meeting opened Monday
night with welcoming addresses by
Mayor R "A. Hefner of Oklahoma
City, Mrs. j. w. Sanford Of the
Negro Chamber of Commerce,
Mrs. Lucy Winslett of the House
wives league, Mrs. A. J. Orbansky,
white, Of the City Federation, Mrs
S. A. Haywood of the City FEEDER
alton of Colored Women, Mrs. Lu-
la E. Kiff, state president and Rev
G. K. Brown on behalf of the Min
~isterial alliance. Mrs. Julia West
Hamilton of Washington, D. c.,
responded.
Tuesday reports were heard
from the Douglas Home Board,
Mrs. S. Joe Brown and Miss Nan
ME Burroughs, Phyllis Wheatley
Dept, Miss Jane Hunter, Head
quarters Board; Mrs. Mary M.
Bethune; Educational Department
Mds. Mamie Reed; Department of
Peace, Miss Robert j. Dunbar, and
the Scholarship Fund board by
Miss Halle @. Brown.
Mrs. r. r. Motion delivered her
biennial address, Tuesday, point
ing to a series of substantial ac-
complishments including the pay
ment of the debt hanging over the
national headquarters in Washing
ton and a outstanding of funds.
Mrs. Lucy Hart Smith, national
supervisor Of the National Assoc
iation of Colored Girls Board, Mrs.
Irene Mccoy Gaines of the History
The Omaha guide., 1941-08-09
NAACP A S MEETING

The NAACP. will hold a a
meeting on Sunday, August 10,
at the Mount Moriah Baptist
Church at 8 p. m. The Associa-
ton will make their report. Ev-
eryone is invited to attend this
meeting.