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The Phoenix index., 1941-06-07
Racial Spirit
In La. CampI Is
Termed Splendid
Cardial Feeling
Between Officers
And Personnel

CAMP LIVINGSTONE, La. CAMP
There are 5000 colored troops STA
toned here in Camp Livingstone a.
mong the $4,000 occupying the camp
Most of the white roops are from
Wisconsin and Michigan and re-
lationships between the enlisted
personnel white and colored, as
well as the officers of both races
fairly cordial
There are l9 col0red conmis,
stoned officers, Is medical. two
dental and two chaplains. Two Of
the colored officers are captains,
the rest hold lieutenant's rank.
The nearest city to Camp Llv-
ingston is Alexandria which is about
IA miles north. Alexandria has its
prejudices but no more than is
common in any southern commun-
ity. At one time when the draftees
from Wisconsin and Michigan
first arrived there was a tendency
toward considerable mingling be-
tween them and certain types of
cOlored girls.
So much was In1s true that
soldiers developed a habit of walk
ing about the streets with these
darker damsels, custom which
brought prompt protest from
white residents of the city The
custom has heen checked
The base hospital located at the
camp is one of the most interest
ing aspects of the cantonment. a
large Intuition, it has 1,500 beds.
There are wards for both color
ed and white, identical in equip
ment and the number of person
mel Some of the wards are mixed
containing both white and color
ed patients. Some of the color
ed doctors are working ON white
wards.
The medical conferences and
meetings are attended by colcred
and white officers alike with en-
tire equality IN the presentation
OF cases and discussion of them
Incidentally most OF the medical
officers, white, are southern men.
An army hospital is in many re-
spects similar to a civilian hospital
The duties are similar. Medical
officers do not drill and therefore
experience very little of the ordi-
nary routine of real army life.
The conduct Of the hospital here
while developed without fanfare
bellies the attitude of certain high
officers in the army who ONE
months ago tU1d a delegation from
the National Medical association
THAT inclusion Of Negro medical
men on the staffs of army hospi-
tails on the same basis as white
officers. in other words, a mixed
staff, was unthinkable.
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Vote Barrier
Case To Go To
Jury Once Again
No Bill Voted
By Grand Jury
In First Session

ANDERSON. S. C.-(SNS)-
The case of five Gaffney voters
who were prevented from register
ing, still hangs fire as a result OF
the finding of no bill by the fed
eral grand jury here.
District Attorney Oscar H.
Doyle will submit the bill of in
dictment to the next federal grand
jury.
An Indictment was brought in
the United States District Court
against three members Of the
Cherokee county election board
who refused to allow Mrs M NJ .
Rink, Mrs. Lottie P. Haffney, Miss
Berrice Bonner, Miss Lillian Bon
ner and Mrs. Eva Mae DaWkins to
register in the 1910 presidential
election, thus depriving them of
their right to vote The grand
ju1y's finding means that jury
members considered there was not
Sufficient evidence to support the
charge or that the persons accused
are not guilty.
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A. M FL am disliked by every
one in my home due to my condi-
ton and l can't have peace here
at home, l just have to sit around
and cry. Am 1 loved by anyone
and please help me?
Ars: Child you need medical at
tentiOn. Go to the city clinic and
have the doctor examine your
ears. II seems to me that there
could be something done for your
ears so that you could hear better
There are also hearing instruments
that can be bought to make Il
possible for you To near. every
ore loves you, but since you can't
Understand their true IeennSss
you take it for granted you are
diSIikS0, -... $1,000 ..'-'-'''
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Medical Deferment
Asked For lnternes

CHICAGO. - (ANP) - That
Negro interns and medical stu
dents are failing to take advan-
tage of medical deferment offer
ed them under additions to the
selective service act was pointed
out by DR.. M. O. Bousfield this
week who has asked superintend-
ents of Negro hospitals to. see
that information concerning steps
to be taken in obtaining defer
ment be made available to them.
According to DR.. Bousfield, in
terms and resident physicians
will be placed in Glass la if
tey fall to apply for commissions
in the medical reserve corps. Ii
the young physicians are COM
missioned they will .be deferred
The Phoenix index., 1941-06-07
Hampton To Offer
New Flying Course

an intensive short course leading
to a private pilots license.
The $45.0O fee, he announced,
covers registration and medical
examination, tuition, class fees,
daily transportation to the air
port, and insurance. The Insti-
tute will furnish board and room
at regular low student rates, and
a $500 uniform is optional.
Any college student who has
completed his freshman year is
eligible &c take the course. but
the number of applicants will be
strictly limited. Further informa-
'tion can be received by writing
W. E. Carter. Hampton Institute,
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from active duty until they have
completed one years internship.
DIR. Bousfield, chairman of the
commission on medical education
and disqualification of the Ma
tional Medical association, and
head Of the subcommittee on Ne
gre health and the health and
medical committee of the Coun-
ell of National Defense, said: "I
have reason to feel thatt the army
is not anxious to commission Ne
gro physicians; we need, there
fore, to be particularly persis-
tent in seeing that every step of
these regulations is carried out
and that every possible protec-
ton is thrown around these doc
tors"
The Phoenix index., 1941-06-07
Says Peonage
Not Uncommon
Practice In Ga.
Very Difficult
To Eradicate,
Says Eleazer

. ATLANTA, Ga.-(SNS)-
Federal indictment in Chicago
of William T. Cunningham, white
Georgia planter, and Hamilton Nc
Whorter, white lawyer, on charges
OF peonage Saturday brought COM
ment from r. B. Eleazer, of the
Interfaclal Commission Thu
statement was as follows:
irrespective OF the merits Of this
particular case, about which we are
not informed, the federal indict-
nent IN Chicago Of two Geo1gians
dn charges Involving peonage
serves to headline widespread prac-
tices for years we'll known to stu.
dents OF the race problem in this
state. This is the more surprising
in state which has its origin as a
refuge for debt prisoners from the
old world
First brought into the lime
light twenty years ago by the fam
Gus Murder Farm case, charges
of enforced Servitude in one form
Or another have several times been
before the courts, but usually with
out result The practice, indeed, is
very difficult to eradicate, since its
victims are usually afraid to testi-
fy, and because, in sections where
it is common, juries usually acquit
or disagree
A..Strictly speaking, peOnage is
servitude for debt, but in practice
it takes various forms. Sometimes
the result is achieved by outright
intimidation and duresS, sometimes
by holding bonds and fines over
the heads of the victim, sometimes
by threat of prosecution under Sec
tions 715 and TIC of the penal code
of 1910, which make imprisonmen0
for debt possible under certain
circumstances.
eav
"Tfis law, by the way, was re-
Gently challenged on constitutional
grounds IN a case raising in Will
kison County, was sustained by the
Supreme Court of the State, and
is now on the way to the United
States Supreme Court for final
decision"
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HAMPTON INSTITUTE, Va
(SNS)-Negro college students
from every point of the compass
will be given an opportunity this
RUNNER to take a 10-week couse
in flying, which would ordinari-
ly cost $500, for only $45.00 at
Hampton Institute, w. E. Car
ter, ,coordinator of the Civil Pilot
Training program at Hampton,
has announced.
The summer program will be-
gin on June 16, Mr.. Carter says,
and is designed to give an op-
portunity to these Negro college
students who are interested in
flying but do not have the facil-
tiles at their own schools, to take
The Phoenix index., 1941-06-07

M A. Ell have been going with
this man about a year. / am 26
years cid and he is 49. don't care
very much for him but it looks
like l will die if l don't see him
Tell me is it best for me to stay
single or marry this man?
Ars: 1 see il as a clear case of
"lcve". You wouldn't worry and
fret about the man If you didn't
love him. He's so sincere and hon
est with you, also does all that he
can to make you contented and
happy, feel that You two could
get along nicely if you were
married. There is no point in stay
ing single if YOU are sure of yOur
affection for hinl.
The Phoenix index., 1941-06-07
Editor Dunjjee
To Be Speaker
AT NAACP Meet
Will Be Keynoter
Opening Night
OF 32nd Session

NEW YORK-(SNS) - Roscoe
Dunjee, fighting editor of the
Oklahoma City BLACK DIS
PATCH, will deliver the keynote
speech for the opening of the
opening of the 32nd annual NAACP
conference in Houston, Texas,
Tuesday night, June "a
Mr.. Dunjee, known throughout
the Southwest for his fearless bat
ties. for his race, is a member OF
the board of directors Of the Ma
tional Association for the Ad-
vancement Of Colored People and
PRESIDENT OF the Oklahoma confer
enee of branches Of the associa-
tom
His keynote speech will set the
tone for the entire conference. If
it follows the pattern Of Dunjee
speeches and philosophy it will be
a fiery call to action III these times
when the race must act To- pre-
serve its rights and make new
progress.
Dunjee is a power in state poll
tics and has been known as the
right hand adviser of several gov
erntrs. His state conference of
branches of the NAACP is the
best organized Of any in the coun-
try, and has functioning units in
more than forty cities and towns
in the state. In 1885 Editor Dun
Jee was awarded the Merit Medal
OF the NAACP for Outstanding
work in the association, and i'll
1896 he was elected to the national
board of directors.
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others as truck drivers. This was
disclosed after a test had been
made of 1000 enlisted men af
Fort Bragg as possible truck driv-
ers for the army.
In the rigid tests given to de-
termine the visibility of soldiers
whose duties would call for driV-
ing at night, army officials con-
ducting the experiment found that
as a rule, colored soldiers pos
sessed "a distinct visual superiori
ty over white soldiers for night
driving"
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SCHOOL is OPENED

Other good news came from New
York when the United Institute OF
Aeronautics, Inc, announced this
week that the company will now
admit Negroes to its training
courses.
Last week, S. A. Buckley, an of
fetal of the institute, requested
that the NAACP secure for him as
many Negroes as possible who de-
sire this training. Mr.. Buckley
will take personal charge of tho
applicants and stated he will be
willing to explain the courses e.
them and give them as much hel,
as they need.
Information about this oppor-
tunity has already been distributed
from the New York office of the
NAACP, 50 Fifth Avenue, New
York City. All men who are in
terested should write or call the
office Immediately for instructions
and literature about the course.
BELL CHANGES POLICY
The Bell Aircraft company To-
Gated at Buffalo, N. Y, which has
maintained one of the most rigid
systems of excluding Negro work
ers has also had a change cf heart,
it was disclosed this week.
The attention of the NAACP was
called to this system in April
when the application of 2l-year-
old Eugene Pedding Of New Ro-
chelle, N. Y, was turned down.
AS a result of several confer
ences, a report has just been re-
ceived by the NAACP that the state
employment service at Buffalo
promises to send Redding to Bell
Aircraft with its next quota of
workers and Bell has agreed TO
take him.
Redding was recommended by
his instructor at vocational train
ing school, Quoddy, Maine, for a
job with Bell along with five
others. Four of the others had
their APPLICATIONS accepted and went
to work for the company the first
week in April. Redding and an
other colored youth were the only
two of the six who were not given
jobs
Pressure was brought by th(
NAACP through Dr. Ira DeA Peit
of the Bureau of Employment Sc
curitv. Washington. D. c.
NEGROES BEST DRIVERS
Meanwhile from the United
States Army came a fine recon-
mendation as to the superior ply
sical ability o. the Negro over
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LEGAL ACTION

Washington, d. C.-To consid-
er legal steps to correct the evils
Of discrimination in the national
defense program, the national le
gal committee Of the National AS.
sociation for the Advance of Col
ored People met here Saturday ami
Sunday, May "a and 25.
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TAKES CHARGE SCOUT WORK

WASHINGTON, D. CLAMP
Taking charge of the Boy Scout
work among Negroes in Washing
tGn. Jefferson Beavers, former
boys work secretary at the Harlem
Branch YMCA, has established his
offices at 18th and K streets, NV
and plans to begin his active work
in forming new troops and slim
ulating interest in the old outfits
Immediately.
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ELECTED CAPTAIN

BOSTON, May-(ANP)-Charles
Thomas of Dayton, O., sensation
al Negro infielder has been elected
baseball captain at Boston univer-
sity for 1912.
The Phoenix index., 1941-06-07
Anderson Leaves For Air Course

TUSKEGEE INSTITUTE, Ala.
-(SNS) Charles A. Anderson,
chief flight instructor, Division
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COLOR BAR IS
RELAXED BY ;
AIRCRAFT COS.
Army Tests Show
Negro Soldiers
Are Best Drivers
By Scott Newspaper
Syndicate

Proof that increased pres
sure and aroused public SEN
timent for the inclusion of
Negroes in the national de-
fense program is taking et-
feet came this week from
three more sources.
Two New York aircraft firms
which had been the most stubborn
in refusing to lower the color bars
preventing Negroes from either
securing employment in their
plants or from attending the
schools they operate to train work
ers, have announced a change in
this rule.
From Hartford, Conn, comes
news that Lieutenant l.. A. OXley,
race relations chief Of the United
States Employment Service diVi-
sion, has been successful in selling
the idea Of Negro workers to the
more than 1000 Connecticut man
ufacturers who had gathered in 3
state wide conference in that city
To HIRE TWENTY
AS a result of the meeting, the
Huge Pratt and White corpora
ton, subsidiary of the United
Aircraft corporation, has request
ed the referral by the state employ
ment service of 20 Negro semi
skilled workers for employment in
their Hartford plant.
Also at this conference, a change
in the employment policy of the
Cheney Brothers, silk matnufac-
turers of Manchester, Conn, was
announced. This company has
been in existence for 102 years |
and prior to the conference had |
never employed a Negro in any
capacity. ,
This concern has defense con-
tract amounting to $4,000, 900 for
the production of parachute silk.
1t was revealed by j. w. Nick
erson, general superintendent, that
the first Negro workers were be-
ing employed this week in the silk
inspection and chemical process
ing departments, and that this |
group of Negro workers was chosen
on the basis of physical fitness, in
telligence and aptitude.
Evening star., 1941-10-31
By LILLIAN COX ATHEY.

Throughout the Southeastern part
of the United States, with the ex-
ception of the lower part of Florida
persimmon trees may now be seen
laden with golden. plUmlike fruit.
Before the season changes, the fruit,
II sampled, would pucker your lips
and leave a definite idea in your
mind that you would hereafter leave
1t alone. But a biting frost will
change that puckering effect, and
instead a mellow, delicious fruit is
present. Those living where persim-
mon trees grow find this fruit very
delicious, even when frozen. In the
old days, persimmon wine or beer
was not refused by those who had
sampled 1t on previous occasions.
Persimmon trees belong to the
ebony family, of which there are
about 160 species. Two members
only grow in the United States-our
common perSimmon and dogWood.
Both have the same type of wood
the kind that is strong and hard
and remains smooth in spite of all
the continued rubbing it receives
This last-named quality is the one
especially necessary in wood used in
the making Of shuttles for textile
weaving. PerSimmon wood is also
in great demand for the manufac-
ture of golf club heads; indeed, 1t
is the outstanding wood used for
this purpose.
Evening star., 1941-10-31

over 5000, or the equivalent OF
$500, 900 board feet. The present
stand of persimmon trees is esti-
mated to be $4,000 cords, equiva-
lent to 275,000, 900 board feet, to be
used in the future for golf heads,
shuttles and shoe lasts for children s
shoes.
The leaves of the persimmon are
simple, alternate, oval and slightly
pointed at the tip. They are from
4 to 6 inches long, thick, glossy
above and paler beneath. They ar
rive before the flowers, which put
in their appearance in June. Small,
yellowish green blossoms, two kinds
on one tree, make the persimmon a
father mother tree. The male
flowers are in three -fowered cymes,
hardly opened, and the female ones
are solitary and wide open with i'm
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perfect stamens. Insects and breezes
transport the pollen.
The bark is broken into thick
scaly plates, dark gray or brown in
color. The twigs are reddish and
the wood is dark brown, with a
pale sap wood, very fine grained
and very tough. The wood is not
durable in contact with soil.
Persimmon trees prosper in light,
sandy soil or moist woodlands. They
often may be found along fence rows
left there by birds that have en-
joyed the dainty jacket hiding the
seeds, and also in mcultivated
fields.
This is tree we should plant
more frequently. The lovely deep
green foliage arrives in summer and
provides an acceptable shade tree.
The flowers are slightly fragrant
Evening star., 1941-10-31

it. Usually, the farmer having ma
tive persimmon trees on his land,
feeds the fruit to his hogs. The small
number of persimmon trees of the
cultivated variety is established in
California, and the large and de-
hcious fruit is most carefully packed
and shipped throughout the country.
Persimmon wood must be COL
lected from small stands and indi-
vidual trees. Therefore, the number
of cords of this wood available for
the lumber mills is small-sliehtly
Evening star., 1941-10-31
Natures Children
Persimmon Tree
(Diospyros virginiana)

Persimmon trees are rather small,
rarely growing to height of over so
feet and having a diameter of IL
inches. Among our common fruits,
as far as food value is concerned,
the date is the only one that exceeds
Evening star., 1941-10-31

should you have the JOY of opossum
neighbors-ah, what a treat this
fruit is for them!
Evening star., 1941-10-31

and inconspicuous, and the fruit,
reddish berry, is attractive and most
acceptable to your bird friends. And
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-09-13
PITFALLS OF LOVE :: By Adele Garrison

the first page land here's the
dope. just a. l figured II
minute ago.
Gee. you're spark plug,
Auntie Madge!" she said, as she
handed me the filmSy sheets,
pointing 10 a sentence half way
down the first page. then went
on: IF you hadn't prOdded me
into action. I'd have given this
up altogether. But when I looked
AT Marion's letter again after
you came in. and saw that line,
This thing IL to strong for me-
with the too misspelled. then l
remembered this. Look for your
self"
/ looked. and saw in Marion''
lnmistakable chirography, though
more uniformed than her present
script, the words which ] knew
must have thrilled her childish
soul when she penned them
IF the words, This thing Is
too strong for me-" she had
written. has the word too
spelled to- then IL means L am
being forced TO write this"
Continued Monday
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-09-13

cut out az top. bottom and sides
TO form tiny box. the whole pre-
senting the appearance Of a thick
ened pad. And from the box Mary
drew a folded pad Of the thin pa
per which just fitted the opening
This just shows what a dope
am" Mary said I'D COM
pletely forgotten this thing
which was Marion's chief delight
in the old days. I'm sure we'll
find In here the part Of our old
code which Will make ule. sure
she's telling us she was forced TO
write that letter"
She opened the pad Of flimsy
paper with such quick reckless
fingers that / spoke quick word
OF caution.
Careful. Mary" warned her.
That's been folded that way a
long time. You may tear it,"
Il have" she said ruefully. as
she displayed the havoc her too
eager fingers had made.
MARION FORCED TO WRITE
But the writing isn't hurt"
she went on hopefully scanning
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-09-13

/ PUSHED back the obvious
comment that we already were
sure Marion never had written the
letter TO Ronald except under COM
pulsion, and instead gave enthusi-
astic interest 10 her assertion.
How do you know that"
asked
"Nay have the book sec
ond a" she asked. and | handed
Il 70 Der, watching inteRtly az
she ruffled the pages until she
came 10 a place here the thin
sheets seemed TO have changed
10 a sort OF thickened pad.
do you happen 10 have tiny
sharp knife In your sewing Kit :"
she asked. "the kind you use In
ripping seams"
Eyes, I'll get II In a second"
! said. and went noiseleSsly
through the masked door into
the bedroom Of the balcony suite,
secure from interrupting my
fathers interview with Nancy
Carew.
FATHER QUESTIONS NANCY
But though neither of them mad
any idea that | was within hear
ing. / could not help hearing my
fathers voice. unusually loud for
him as he put tense question:
Ricardo? Stepan Ricardo
Are you sure that WAS his name
when YOU first knew him: What
IL your proof"
l could hear Nancy Carew'S low
trslnante voice answering him. but
could not distinguish her words
And. OF course. / did not spend
even "A fraction OF a second in
listening. But. as l took the tiny
penknife from my work case in
my overnight bag and sped back
10 Mary with il. the conviction
was strong upon me that the name
Nancy Carew had uttered was a
familiar one TO my father.
MADGE URGES HASTE
Marys eager fingers almost
snatched the small knife from my
hand. but when she opened il she
paused for a courteous inquiry
l summarily interrupted her
query.
what does II matter n IL il
ruined ?" l said. use Il In any
way you please, hut quickly"
IL got YOU" she said compre-
hendingly Il won't delay the
game any longer. There" as she
ran the edge OF the knife
around the four corners Of what
had seemed TO be a thickened
pad Of the thin paper, "look at
thatw
That" proved 10 be an inge-
NOUS arrangement of two thin
sheets of paper each lined with a
heavy, white, glossy sheet, with
four other sheets between them,