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The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1941-12-10

hotel in st. Paul on MONDAY Oh
this week and will continue
throughout the week.
The Farmers Union Livestock Com
mission Company's stockholders held
their meeting on Monday, receiving
the reports of G.. w. Fine of North
Dakota, president of the company,
Clarence Chamberlain, it's secretary
and Chas D. Egley its general man
ager General Manager Egley's re-
port showed that the company had
had successful year in its business
While the Billings branch was report
ing on its first year of operation, the
business during the last few months
had showed an encouraging increase
and generally, healthy growth.
Grain Terminal Meeting
Registration of delegates represent
ing the local elevator companies in
the northwest states affiliated with
and owning the Terminal Association
was the first feature of yesterdays
program. Appointment of convention
committees and the report of the last
stockholders meeting by A. E. Kathan,
secretary-treasurer of the company,
occupied the balance of the morning
session, yesterday.
In the afternoon, D. L. OConnOr,
president of the company submitted
his report, and after him, the dele
gates heard the report of M. w
Thatcher. Mr.. Thatcher's report
showed that the association had made
an almost incredible growth in some
thing over three years and that it
now has a net worth of nearly $780,
900. During the past year it has in
creased its facilities by the building
of a five million bushe1 elevator in
Superior, Wis, a 100000 bushel ele-
vator in Shelby, Mont, and another
at Lewistown with a capacity of a
half million bushels.
The functioning Of the various de-
partments of the Terminal Associa-
ton were presented in discussions by
the department heads, and an address
was delivered to the stockholders by
J. E. Wells Jr., vice president and
general manager Of the Central Bank
for Co-operatives and special assistant |
to the secretary of agriculture.
In the evening dinner was given |
by the association to the managers Of
local cooperative elevator companies |
attending the convention. After the
dinner, the problems faced by them
were discussed by those in attend
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The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1941-12-10
DEFENSE COMMITTEE
PLANS WAR ACTIVITIES
A Special Defense Committee Appointed
By the Governor Immediately Launched
Plans of Activity for Civil Protection
Program for Montana.

With the sudden outbreak of wal
in the Pacific with Japan, Gov. Sam
C. Ford directed that immediate and
effective steps be taken to safeguard
life and property in Montana. On
Monday morning in the governors
office a special Montana defense COM
mittee met to consider various aspects
of the situation and to attempt to set
in motion peace officers and state
officials in a civil protection program.
Present at the meeting were: Col e.
NJ. Birely, adjutant general Of Mon
tana; Col. Chas. L. Sheridan, super
visor of the Montana highway patrol
and American Legion defense commit
teeman; Tom d. Caverly, co-ordinator,
Montana defense committee, and Wal
ter P. Coombs, assistant secretary to
the governor.
Plans were laid for:
l. Protection for air fields, strateg-
ic defense areas, mines and power
plants.
2. To call on all members Of the
Montana national guard in the state
to be ready for any emergency duty
3. To notify county defense coun-
ellis to cooperate with mayors, sher-
ifs, and other officers.
4. To provide highway patrolmen
for protection and inspection of
bridges and highway and other stra-
tegic points.
Various civilian defense measures
were to be announced later, and Co
ordinator Caverly instructed all local
defense councils to be on the alert
for radio messages, since the amateur
radio operators were forced off the
air by government order.
Mayors were ordered to suspend all
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1941-12-10

Economic Justice and Equality
Is the Real Safeguard of De-
mocracy. Lack Of these Is a
Challenge to the Intelligence
and Sincerity of All.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1941-12-10
RECORD CONVENTIONS OF
F. u. BUSINESS SETUPS
In ST. PAUL THIS WEFl!
Five Day Program of the Farmers
Grain Terminal Assn, Central Excl
And Livestock Commission Comps
Attended by All Time Record Cr1
DELEGATES and Stockholders.

ST PAUL, December 10-(Specia-The greatest regsra-
delegates stockholders from affiliated companies
throughout the four northwest states the annual conventions
of the Farmers Union Grain Terminal As
ISOLATION Central Exchange and the Farmers
Union Livestock Company opened at the Lowry
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1941-12-10

Jusying its action in the adjustment of the labor
ordnaor in the highway and water conservation depart
and discussing other proposals under consideration by
the reorganization committee which have drawn the fire
organized labor in the state the committee last week
issued the following statement:
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Scanda! Seen | coming In
Camp Construction Work
Floors Already
Buckling' Window
Frames Curling

WASHINGTON, D. CLAMP
Already TIE breath of scandal is
plaguing the war department and
charges are drifting in that the
cantonments built at costs greatly
in excess of the original estimates
are not worthy enough to house
the soldiers living in them.
Only one camp has been named
SO far where the Jerry" houses
or '-quickies" are beginning to fall
apart and show signs OF improper
construction.
One correspondent reports that
wooden floors are buckling and
Sagging under the weight of stoves.
Wide gaps are opening in wooden
walls Window frames III the COM
manding generals office are curl
ing up, pulling the. nails with
them. The cost of camp construc-
ton originally estimated at $4,000
600 has reached $22 2,5O0,O00."
Esditorially speaking, Washington
newspapers are demanding that
the government investigate now
and not wait until the end of
the war usage to these camps as
was done in 1918, when it was
proved several years after the war
the government had loss t78,5oo.-
The Phoenix index., 1941-03-01
BY DAVID NORRIS

ATLANTA, Ga.--(SNS)-
The African Methodist ChufcE
III Georgia is now making prepara'
ton for Cne of the greatest years
in its history.
Leaders filled with inspiration
at the recent Bishops council IL
New O,leanS. La. are more de-
termined to keep Georgia in the
lead. Morris Browns Founders
Day, March II, tops the list Of
spring events. Bishop w A. Foun-
tain, with the cooperation OF thlr-
ty-nine presiding elders and pas
tors of more than a thouSano
churches, will come to Big Bethel
church March IL for the largest
number Of patrons for the school
in its history.
Pastors have already begun tc
make advance reports on the l94l
budget Rev j c.. Nealy, pastor
at Rockmart. leads the North
Georgia conference with his re-
port. The Southwest Georgia con-
terence first report comes from
FIT. Gaines, Ga, where Rev, j. w.
Perkins. a Morris Brown College
man is pastor
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NAACP NEWS

The Phoenix Branch of the
NAACP held a business meeting
Sunday, February %, at p. m. g,
at the CINE church, 7th Street and
E. Jefferson. Reports were made
by the officers On the activities
of the Organization during the past
month. Also special report was
made on the progress of the men,
bership drive now being launched
by the organization. In order to
create more interest in the MEM
bership campaign for member
ship teams were elected to work in
competition with one another. The
drive will close OIL April 9th at
which time the team having
brought in the greatest number of
members will be given beautiful
trophy.
The city Was divided into four
parts according to the general di-
rections and the teams and their
captains were named in the same
order Miss Charles Eta FavorS is
captain OF the East Side team;
Mrs. Bette j. Davis. captain Of
the West Side team; Mr Hansel
G, Bell, captain OF the South Side
team, and Mr.. Hadley Murrell, cap
tain of the North Side team.
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BY ERIC ROBERTS, 80

AILAN "A, hid OANoJ
Historic, solemn and impressive
was SiXty-ninth observance ol
Founders Day at Clark College
Thursday, February 10, before an
appreciative audience in historic
Crogman Chapel.
Historic because the school, born
siXty-nine years ago as CLARK
University, now, due to the eXi-
gencies of modern educational con-
cepts, becomes Clark College.
Solemn because Thursdays OBJ
servance was last ever to be held
at the South Atlanta premises, as
the; institution, leaving. time worn m
buildings and familiar landscapes,
moves to its new home in modern
edifices adjacent Atlanta Universi-
ty come the fall. Impressive be-
cause under the impact OF sucn
far-reaching and singular implica-
tions, the words and greetings OF
every participant were fused with
the hope of new day, the memory
of a glorious Clark past. Before Key
members of the District Confer
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NEW YORK. City-{SNS) - All
Negro college graduates and senior
students throughout the country
were urged this week to send Tor
an application blank for the u
S. Civil Service examination NO.
13 JUNIOR PROFESSIONAL AS
SISTANT at $4,000 a year.
Hundreds of appointments are
made to the government service
each year from the list provided
by this examination, and persons
who pass it successfully are eligi-
BILE for jobs in almost every branch
of Federal government service. The
only important requirement for
applicants is that they be either
graduates or senior students OF a
recognized college, under 35 years
of age, and in good physical condi'
ton.
Full information about require
ments, and application blanks. may
be obtained by writing the U. S.
Civil Service Commission, Wash
ington, d. G.
Blanks must be filled out and
placed on file in Washington be-
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Professional Jobs Are
Open To College Grads

fore February 25..
Other Civil Service examinations
being offered at the present time
include the following:
No. 12-Dental Laboratory Me-
chanic. $1,62O to 1000 a year.
No. IA Student Aid, 81 ,440
year. This examination is open to
Junior and senior students in col
leges of recognized standing ap-
pointments being made for employ
ment during the school vacation
periods.
No. 38-Graduate Nurse, $1,000
to $4,000 year, for appolntmer
in the Indian Field Service of the
Department of the Interior.
No. 42-Meohanical Engineer.
$4,000 to IS, 6OU year, for appoint
ment to the Bureau Of Mines De-
partment of the Interior and the
Regional Research Laboratories OF
the Department of Agriculture.
No. Al Agricultural Program
Analyst, $4,000 to $500 year,
for appointment in the Bureau OF
Agricultural Economics of the De-
partment of Agriculture.
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American Legion
To Fete Colonel
West Hamilton

WASHINGTON, d. c. CAMP
Col. West A Hamilton will be
the guest of honor at a banquet
sponsored by the members of the
American Legion post here on
February % prior to his depar-
ture to Como. Devens, Mass, where
he has been ordered by the war
department.
Col. Hamilton, member OF the
old printing firm bearing the name
of Hamilton Brothers, is one Of
WasEington's most diligen. civic
leaders and a member of the
board of education.
Prominent speakers will take
part in the banquet, representing
both political parties practically all
denominations in the city.
The Phoenix index., 1941-03-01
LEAGUE CHARGES RACE IGNORED IN DEFENSE
LOGAN URGES
FULL STUDY OF
NEGRO HISTORY

PHILADELPHIA, lamp
DR.. Rayford w. Logan head OF
the department of history al
Howard University and Chairman
of the National Committee on tie
Participation of Negroes in Ma
tiOnal Defense, was the chape!
speaker at Cheyney College Thurs
day.
DR.. Logan began his discourse
by asking a rhetorical question;
why study Negro History?' Some
people say that the Negro has nc
science nor history. But there is a
reason to study Negro History
because there are Negroes and
history is, a record of everything
that happens. "The attitude in
dividuals is determined by facts of
history and the Interpretation OF
these facts
TIE Negro has never been
thought of as anyone who con-
trlbuted anything OF Importance to
. civilization. But rather a group Of
fools, clowns, monkeys, and buf-
fons incapable of doing any work
that requires skill or even an
average degree OF mental abili-
ty.
The vicious" attitude towards
T. - Al.1
United States but all over the
world. One reason for this dis
creditable point of view is that
there have been attempts to prove
that the Negro has never done
anything worthwhile"
The Phoenix index., 1941-03-01
'3-Fr0nt
War; Is
President Urged
To Cal! C0nfab
To Study Ills

NEW York; CSNS)- President
Roosevelt had been urged Friday
to call a conference to investigate
and study methods to permit al
furrer cooperation of Negroes in
the nations plans for war prepara-
lions.
Overtures to the Chief Executive
came Wednesday at the thirtietn
annual meeting Of the National
Urban League at the Russell Sage
Foundation where leaders charged
discrimination against Negroes,
both in the nations armed forces
and in defense industries.
Eugene Kincle Jones, executive
secretary. in his annual report OF
league activities, declared that
there is nothing that the Negro
can possibly do today that is quite
so important as contributing to-
our nations welfare by aiding in
national Defense
DR. Claiming II Tobias. meln-
ber of the National Advisory COM
mittee on Selective Service, con-
demned segregation of Negroes
along racial lines in the nations
armed forces. He urged Negroes to-
fight a ''three-front war;" war
for citizenship rights, for conserva~
ton of the morale of Negroes as
race and for increased industrial
opportunities for Negroes.
At the elections meeting the fol-
lowing were named to Office:
New members OF the Executive
Board: Judge Myles A. Paige.
Court of Special Sessions, New
York; Mrs. Regina M. Andrews. -
brarian, New York; Bishop William
Scarlet st. Louis; Frank P. Gra-
ham, president OF the University Of
North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC.
Officers of the Executive Board
relected for one year)-L. Hol-
lingsworth Wood, president; &C.
Spaulding. vice president; Lloyd
Garrison. vice president; Mrs.
Mary Mcleod Bethlne. vice pred-
dent; E. P. Roberts vice president:
William H. Baldwin, vice president;
Myles A. Paige, secretary; Charles
Poletti, treasurer; Regina M. An
dreWs, assistant treasurer
Other members of the Executive
Board (re-electedO- M. o. Bous-
field, Pearl S. Buck, Mamie H
Burroughs. Caroline B. Chaplin, Hu-
bert T. Delaney, John w. Davis,
Fred r. Moore, A. clayton Powell,
Sr., Mrs. Alfred H. Schoellkopf,
Graham R. Taylor and Paul r.
Williams.
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Fifty Museum Prints
On View AT Atlanta u.

a cross section of the finest work in
this field.
Most of the prints in this display
show the great advantages derived
by graphic artists under the Prcj-
ecl from the workshop, methods in
such large cities as New York, Chi
cago, Philadelphia, Cleveland and
San Francisco. where graphic stu
dioS are established
A large number of the print
makers have won honors in COM
petition with distinguished Ameri-
can and European graphic artists
of today.
The exhibit will be On view from
four to six today and on week days
from 1:3o to 500 until March l
The Phoenix index., 1941-03-01
AIME's Eye Morris BroVn
Founders Day March IL

In the East Atlanta, Ga, con-
ference Rev. j. S McAllister. Jr
pastor at college Park, registered
his church in making the first start
fc the year. Special efforts, spring
rallies. district conferences, educa-
ticnal drives will follow in the
wake of great reviyals from the
mountain to the sea.
Ministers Union III Macon, Ga.
will install officers for 1941 Tues
day night Rev. .. I. L. Robin
son. pastor of Stewart Chapel Is
president. For the first time in
years Columbus, Ga, AME minis
ters have a live choir, Rev. j. E.
McAlister. ST.. newly appointed
pastor of Mt Gilard church, is
president.
The Atlanta and Savannah Un-
ions are now moving forward with
their years program. The Geor~
gia African Methodist Official or
gan for Georgia will bring the
states full proram. DR. w. R.
Wilkes. editor, Rev. S. H Rome,
manager.
The pastors are watching the
states largest churches to make
their greatest year in reports AND
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Music Teachers
To Meet April
..., '""'""
4th At Ala. State

MONTGOMERY, Ala. .-CSNS -
Plans are being made for the an
nual meeting of the Association
of Music Teachers in Negro schools
to be held at the State Teachers
College here of which DR.. H.
Council Trenholm is president, on
April 4 5, and 6.
William Allen, of Fisk UniyerSi-
ty, chairman of the program COM
mittee announces that program
OF unusual scope and interest is
being planned and will include
DR.. Glen Hayden as one of the
principal speakers. DR.. Hayden,
who is lead of the department Of
music at the University of North
Carolina, and recently elected
president Of Music Teachers Ma
tional Association, is an authority
in the field and will come with q
rich background of experience
which includes wide travel.
The Association of Music Teacf.-
erS in Negro Schools under the
leadership of Frederick Hail of
Dillard University, is making every
effort to keep abreast with progress
in music education and musical
art as a whole as we'll as with their
relationship to the various other
fields of human endeavor.
Orville Moseley, of Tougaloo Col
lege is president of the or
ganization; j. Harold Brown, OF
Southern University, treasurer:
and Mrs. Matte Booker Pearry,
of Southern University and Mrs.
Essie M. Groves, of Booker T.
Washington High School, Atlanta.
secretaries.
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Selassie'S Return Is
Theme AT Mardis Gras

stay sober ior the eight hours OF
marching around, he didn't need
to belong to the organization.
This year, king will be Alonzo
Eutler, a bank porter. The queen
will be Rita Edwards, a seamstress.
It was also announced that the
club would have three balls this
year. two for Negroes and one for
white At the latter the Zulu rlt-
ual will be read for the first time
in history and there will also be
a voodoo dance and "a pot boiling
like the cannibals."
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ATLANTA, Ga.-(SNS)- T.

ATLANTA, Ga.-(SNS)-
Fifty representative prints select
ed from the large display of graphic
art at the U. S. Museum in WASH
ington, D. c., done under the WPA
art program are now on view IN the
Exhibition Gallery of the Atlanta
University Library. The collection as
a whole won wide praise in leading
newspapers and art magazines OF
the country.
1t contains lithograr,ls, etcning5.
engravings, and color prints. The
local showing represents work from
eight states Ieflecting in addition
to the remarkable achievements OF
print markers under the Project
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600 through, waste nefficiency
and graft.
Sen. Truman of Missouri is
asking for a senate investigation
of all national defense contracts,
which would not only reveal any
flaws in the actual construction,
but in the method of hiring men
and whether or not under the ma
tional defense plans, Negroes are
getting a fair share of the work
they are supposed to be gettir/.
Such an investigation would be.
revealing and perhaps may bring
to light g number of unfair
practices now existing throughout
the vast defense program
The Phoenix index., 1941-03-01

NEW ORLEANS-(ANP)-Em-
peror Halle Selassie's return to
Ethiopia will be the theme of the
parade on fat Tuesday, February %
al the Mardi Gras by the Zulu
special Aid and Pleasure clue
which heads Negro participation Ii
the annual celebration.
Financial Secretary Joseph Fisher
said that for the first time in the
30 years OF parades, the club had
passed resolution banning mem
hers from getting inebriated. He
said that if a member couldn't
The Phoenix index., 1941-03-01
Rites Are
Imposing,
Historic
Saint Mark
Pastor Thrills
His Hearers

ences of the Methodist Episcopal
Church. visiting ministers attend
ing the Ministerial Training Con-
ference at Cannon, the Clark stu
dent body and many guests, the
The Phoenix index., 1941-03-01
Clark Holds Last
Founders Day On
s. Atlanta Campus

ceremonies unfolded under the
guiding hand of Resident Bishop OF
the Atlantic coast area, DR.. Lorenzo
H. King.
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(Ccntirced on Back Psge)
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Continued cn Bask Fase>
Evening star., 1941-10-19

ward thrusts of German spearheads
f1anking Moscow to the north and
south finally had been stopped. In
some sectors there even were indi-
cations of local successes for coun-
terthrusting Russians.
Conclusions on Fighting.
The Communist party organ,
Pravda, reported, however, that al
though the power drive on Moscow
had been blunted, the Germans had
touched off strong new attack
on the southern flank of the war
front, eastward toward the Donets
Basin and the Don.
The fighting is so fierce in this
sector" a Pravda correspondent re-
ported. that many villages are
changing hands repeatedly"
A usually reliable source who ad-
mitted frankly that it had been
many, many hours since the last
direct word on details of the fight,
drew these conclusions from what
information was available:
l. Marshal Semeon Timoshenko,
throwing fresh reserves. into the
central front fight, is smashing back
at the Germans in a desperate at
tempt to prevent them from Turn
ing his northern flank in the Kaiiuin
area.
2. Marshal Klementi Voroshilov
is communicating at the same time
from the Leningrad area in an at
tempt to break the encirclement of
the big port and relieve pressure on
the Moscow front, but there has
been no indication he has succeeded
yet in diverting any considerable
Nazi strength from the capital.
8. Some Russian forces have been
able to fight their way out of Nazi
encirclement.
There was no further word on
Exchange Telegraph's report that
the Moscow radio had announced
the recapture of the important rail
center of Orel, 200 miles south of
the Soviet capital.
Neither were any additional de-
tails forthcoming on a Reuters re-
port that dispatches from Stock
holm said the Red Army had
recaptured Kalinin and smashed a
German attempt to hammer a wedge
between Marshal Timoshenko's and
Marshal Voroshilov's armies.
Naval Successes Claimed.
The British radio relayed a Mos
COW broadcast declaring that motor
torpedo boats of the Russian Baltic
feet had torpedoed and sunk one
enemy" cruiser, torpedoed second
cruiser, which halted, and sunk awo
destroyers.
RRC also hroadcaSt q Pucc;on
Evening star., 1941-10-19
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
YUMA. Ariz., Oct 18-Franchot
Tone, handsome leading man of the
films, and Jean Wallace, 18-year-old
blond actress, flew here from Los
Angeles and were married today.
Superior Judge Henry C. Kelly per-
formed the ceremony in his cham
berS.
A crowd thronged the courthouse
corridor.
Miss Wallace wore a cinnamon
brown suit with Kelly green acces-
sorieS and was hatless. Mr.. Tone
was in a dark gray suit.
AS they left the building after
the ceremony a festival parade was
moving through downtown streets,
and the crowd enthusiastically put
the bridal pair aboard a fire truck
in the procession. Before starting
the return flight to California they
were entertained briefly by officials
of the Yuma Elks Lodge.
In applying for the marriage
license Mr.. Tone said he was So,
and native of Niagara Falls, N. Y.
Miss Wallace gave her birthplace
as Chicago.
Mr.. Tone, Cornell University
graduate and the son of Frank j.
Tone, president of the Carborun-
dunn Co, previously was married TO
Actress Joan Crawford.
Miss Crawford, whose first hus-
band was Douglas Fairbanks, jr.,
won final divorce from Mr.. Tone
in April, 1910, on grounds of eX-
treme mental cruelty. They were
married at Fort Lee, N. j., october
II, 1885.
Most of Mr.. Tones picture work