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The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-07-17
Germans Claim SmoIensk
Taken, SchneH Truppen
10 Miles From Capital
Break Conceded
by Russians at
Key Town
NaziS Also Claim
Capture of
KishineV
tBy Associated PressD

Adolf Hitler's blitzkrieg invaders,
crashing through the center of the
Stain line, were reported to have
captured Smolensk today. 230
miles west OF Moscow, while Ger.
man "Schnell Truppen (speed
troops raced ahead to within 100
miles OF the Soviet capital.
Both claims were made by DNB,
the official German news agency. in
advance Of the daily war bulletin
from Hitler's field headquarters.
The Russians officially conceded
that tank-led Nazi legions had
broken through to the vicinity OF
Smolensk. key railway town about
halfway along the Minsk-to-Mo Moscow
motor highway, but they made M
mention of the fall OF the town.
The Germans asserted that pro-
tracted rearguard resistance by
Red army troops in the Smolensk
sector had been crushed, and that
the Nazi advance eastward was
continuing swiftly.
On the southern end OF the
2,000-mile battlefront, the Ger
mans also reported the capture of
Kishinev, capital OF Bessarabia.
- Fighting Severe
without saying how the battle
vas going. the Soviet communique
said very severe fghting also took
place on the road TO Leningrad and
Kiey. but fixed Pskov and Novo-
grad-Volynski as the vicinity of the
battles. These are the same areas
previously mentioned as the center
Of operations $50 miles from Lem
ingrad and 1870 miles from Kiev.
The Soviet command reported
enc victory. declaring that on tho
front south OF Smolensk, the Ger
mans had been swept back in n
headlong retreat and an entire tank
battalion destroyed in the process.
Bobruisk again was mentioned
as the area OF battle here, indicat-
ing the Germans had been pushed
back 80 miles or more from their
Dnepr bfidgehead at Rogachey and
Zhlobin by the Soviet counter Of.
fensiye.
Vast confusion was reported in
the Russian rear BY Berlin as 4
result Of constant bombings Of
railways and communications.
Claim Huge Loss
Some Berlin estimates said rs
per cent Of the Soviet air force had
been destroyed.
But the Soviet command, said its
planes still were doing great dam
age TO German tanks and troops a.
river crossings. and reported new
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-07-17
Peru Forces
May Disband


Lima, Peru, July TAP The
foreign office announced today Peru
accepted suggestion by Argentina,
Brazil and the United States TO de-
mobilize forces along the coast re-
gion facing Ecuador and would sub.
scribe 10 a peace and friendship
accord
The good offices OF the three
American republics were accepted
communique last night said. with
reservations providing:
Apology by Ecuador for recent
demonstrations against the Peru
Wan consulate and coat OF arms at
Guayaquil.
Maintenance OF the status quo
along the border inside the demo
bilized area according TO a 1886
agreement and mot OF positions
established by Ecuadorean ad-
yances
The communique said the Peru
Wan government was ready TO sign
a Juridicai Instrument guarantee
Ing peace
Border garrisons OF both coun-
tries have fired on one another in
recent outbreaks over possession OF
Certain jungle land at the head Of
the Amazon River. The border dis
pute began a century ago.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-07-17

LONDON-INs-The British Ad.
miralty announced today that the
auxiliary vessel Lady Somers was
sunk but that l3s survivors from the
total complement Of 175 were res
cued By Spanish ships and are
being landed at a neutral port.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-07-17

See EUROPEAN WAR Page 8
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-07-17

CONTINUED on Page Eighty
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-07-17

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The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-07-17

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The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-07-17

GENOA-UP- Csterina Pizzor.
nj. shapely II year old brunette.
was arrested for wearing shorts at
q football game and fined $50 lire
(sbout si250). Her arrest was the
first since Premier Benito Musso.
-lini started a campaign to stop
women wearing shorts in public.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-07-17

SHANGHAI-AP- Japanese sol
diers discharged from the Army a
year and half ago after seeing &C
tion in China have been called ur
for service, foreign sources report
ed today.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-07-17

WASHINGTON-UP- Chairman
Carl Vinson ID. Ca of the House
Naval Affairs Committee, suggest
ed today that Japanese nationals
in Hawaii may be segregated, IL
such a step is necessary to protect
the Pearl Harbor naval base
against sabotage. He made the
suggestiontin connection with con-
sideration OF the administration S
proposal for a $1OO,000,O00 con-
struction program of bases in the
Pacific, from the Philippes to Alas
ka.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-07-17

TOKlO-AP- The newspaper
Asahi. in dispatch from Moscow.
said today the Japanese govern
ment had protested to Soviet Rus
STA over certain phases Of the
mining of waters in the vicinity
OF Japan.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-07-17

WINNIPEG. Man.-INS- After
a two months intensive recruiting
campaign, $4,000 additional volun.
teers have been received in Cana
das fighting forces. it was an
nounced officially today by the
dominion minister OF detense, IL
Ralston.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1941-08-01
White Scion Asks
Race Equality

NEW YORK. (NNS)-Just
about Il month ago, repeated
editorials and campaigning by
the Negro News Syndicate, in Il
memo to his defense licutcnantS
President Roosevelt hit out a.
EainSt discrimination in defense
Industries. He called ON TN"
Office Of Production Management
to take immediate steps 10 facil-
tate the full use Of our prOduc-
tive manpowcr. This week RI
preventative Emanuel Ccllcr, q
Brooklyn Democrat introduced a
bill to make sure Negroes get 81
square deal ON defense projects.
Il haze this day" Representa-
tive Ccllcr tcIcgraphcd PM Ca
New York liberal white news
papcr) introduced Il bill aimed
against those who, while enjoy
ing privileges Of cnRain i'm de
EcnSc contracts with the US
Government nevertheless discri-
inmate aainst applicants for en-
.plOymcnt because Of race, color
or creed. Ny bill provides ohc
.cmpIoycr) shall be liable to for
fcitur' Of his contract with the
Us. Government, and. i'm addi-
tiOn thereto. shall be barred
from entering into new con
tract with tn" Government for y
period Of five years after such
Violation"
The Negro News Syndicate
congatulatcS Representative
Golfer But more than words arc
needed. as is evidenced by Gcor-
ga; Governor Talmaoe' insane
an'i-Amcrican, anti-racial, anti
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1941-08-01
39Prospective
Graduates On
List Released

Plans have been comlctrd for
the summer commencement
exercises for 50 prospective
candidates for degrees from
Bluclicld state Teachers Col
lrpc. The baccalaurcatr srrn-
on will be delivered Sunday. Aug.
; ut 200 p. m. Graduation rXcr-
ciScS will take place Thursday,
August Z, ut 200 pm. Both q
these programs will he held in
After hall ON the college campus
The bacalaurcatr sermon will
be preached to the class bv the
Reverend Mr.. John +. Little.
pastor of the Bethel AME
church. Blucticld w. Va. Rev.
MIR. Little is an alumnus of the
college and is active i'm the
civic life of the city. Victory
and How to Ahicvc It," will be
the subject of Rev. Mr.. l.ittlc's
sermon.
DR.. Rose Butler Brown, out
standing specialist i'm education,
will deliver the commencement
address to the graduates. DR..
Brown, a Bluefield resident, is
well-known throughout Virginia
and West Virginia as a speaker
of exceptional ability. She will
speak on the subject. "Thr A.
Continued on Page 4
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1941-08-01
Terms of Ruling
By Which Selectees
VIII Be Held Over
One Year Ready

That selectees indicted into
the army for original one-ycar
terms will be held for d much
longer period is practically a
reality today.
The situation Of the Us. is
so yerious that to disband what
partially trained mn there are
in the army would amount to
counting serious trouble.
One of the factors entering
the matter is that it takes over
year to train green soldiers the
rudiments of modern warfare.
1t would be disastrous to send
unframed or half-hraincd men
into battle and the US. is not
going to risk IT.
Congressional leaders have
nearly completed a plan which
enables the President to rctal
draftees as long as he Judge.
necessary for national security
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1941-08-01
Program Judged Best
Ever Held; Financial
Side Over Goal Set
Bluefield District w. l.. Sanders
ID. s., f. ID. Riddle. Reporter

The Annual District Meeting
of the Women's Society of Christ
ian Service of Bluelield District.
of the East Tennessee Confer
ence, was held in beautiful
Webster Methodist Church, at
Princeton w. Va. Thursday.
July "a, in connection with the
District Conference of the Blue
field District.
On Wednesday, July %, the
Executive Meeting was held, and
Thursday was Womcn's Day.
The Thursday meeting was
under the direction of Mrs. j. f..
Hight, of Gary, w. Va, the
president of the Blueiield Dis
trict Women's Society, and the
following program was render
ed by representatives of the
various charges.
Devotions =. Mrs. Louise Warren
Mrs. Annie Belle, WEIGH
Music. .Childrens Choir, P'cton.
Introduction of
Speaker Mrs X u kirtIav nf
Bluehcld
Address Mrs. Nj. r. Whittico
editor of the Mcdowell Timcs)
Solo 49,. Mrs. Lee McGhee Bid.
Five-Minute Addresses by the
following ladies:
Missionary Interests and Acti
vltleS by Mrs. Mamie Pearls.
See Page Four
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1941-08-01
Vacation Schools
Are Successful
Times Readers Extended
Invitation to Attend Mass al
Vivian or POwhatan and Learn
The Catholic Doctrines

The vacation schools conduct
ed for Catholic children of Key
stone, kimball, Northfork. Ash
land, Powhatan and Maybcury
during the month of July will
be concluded with the reception
of First Holy Communion Sun
day. August 3, at Sacred Heart
Church Powhatan.
Courses in religion, primary
and advanced, were given 22j
students in all. A gratifying
feature of the schools conduct
ed by the Sisters of St. Joseph
from Wheeling was the faithful
attendance of the students.
Rev. Thomas Lafertv the
new pastor at the Catholic
churches of Powhatan and vi
Wan. extends an invitation to
the readers Of the Mcdowell
Times to attend Sunday mas.
at either church and receive
an explanation of Catholic doc
trines and practices.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1941-08-01
Simple Funeral Held For
Willis n. Higgins in Final
Tribute; Only 100 Attend

NEW YORK.-The final rites
of DR.. Willis y. Huggins, the no.
ted educator who committed
suicide last December 23, were
simple as we'll as private. Only
100 invited guests. mostly init
mate friends and relatives were
allowed in Claude b. Starrette's
funeral home to pay final tri-
butte to the outstanding scholar.
DR.. HugginS, who mysterious
ly disappeared on December 23.
1910, and whose body was dis
Hudson River at 72nd Street.
covered July Is, 1941. in the
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1941-08-01
US. SEW ERS ALL TRADE
WITH JAPAN; IMPOINDS
JAP PROPERTY HERE

The Japanese government last
week made aggressive motions
aimed at Singapore which is the
guard to vital American inter
csts in the Far East. The state
Department promptly acted and
frozr all Jap credits here and
clampcd down an embargo.
Rcparcussions were that the
japanese rcciprocatc and put an
embargo and frost on American
holdings in Japan. The military
movement southwark ceHtirun
and eventually it will cause war.
probably within a few week,
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1941-08-01
Princeton Host To
Womens' Society OF
Christian Service Meet
Along Elm
Street
GREENSBORO n. c.
BY CAPT. ID. j. GILMER

:*:::.:::..:.:.::..:.
Mr.. George Penny of Along
Elm Street, Greensboro n. c.. 4
man of wit, sense natural philo-
sophy and ribs that hold up
every inch of manhood. Mr.. Pen
ny knows how, by training. to
SympathesiZe with the rich and
poor alike.
Many boys have experienced
the Stubbing of the toes in bare
feet in summertime, but not all
have gone up from that life to
the life of a great mansion, like
Mr.. Penny here he offers to
write a check for 500 for a
Negro church if the pastor of
it would get the endorsement of
4 cOlOred mana certain colOrCC
man - as to the purpose ways
and facts of the spending of the
$4,000. The man has not vet
shown up with his endorser to
Mr.. Penny.
Mr.. Penny favors a church
where its members will stand
up for Jesus not to, sit down in
ease and fall off to sleep. Jesus
died for us on the cross, by his
hands bleeding and in pain for
us, and therefore. cannot we
stand up for 80 minutes in
solemn attention to Gods words.
The people at the cross stood
UP and looked and listened at it
all, and now we can't stand up
through a short service to bring
men to God. Yea. we hear the
sad, sad cry of Jesus on the
cross in bleeding and in death
for us. saving of his enemies {:
Father forgive them. for they
know not what they do.
Yea, stand up for Jesus 80
minutes anyhow as a church
Servicc-savs Mr.. Penny.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1941-08-01
Panther Reported In County

First-hand reports Of have
been received of the presence of
Il night-prowling animal which
came out on ridge opposite the
Mcdowell white school-house
early this week Cat mouth of
Grcenbrlcr hollow and emitted
a couple blood curdling yowls
which more than one person
awake at the time heard.
Credulcncc is given the yarn
by the fact that number of
COWS and calves which habituaIlv
lay on the ball diamond at arose
as one cow and went noiSily else
where.
Mountain lions are supposed
10 be extinct in this section since
there is insufficient wild-lifc
here on which they live. There
are not supposed to be any deer
in Mcdowell worthy of note but
signs have been observed indicat
ing that there may be more
in the back county than is sup
posed and their presence may
have served to lure one of the
big cats into this territory from
the Pocahontas county rcgios
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1941-08-01
BSTC Summer
Graduation Plans
Are Announced
FDR Asked To
Issue Supplement
Order By DR.. Scott

WA9HLNGTON.-Thc Negro
press, during the past two
weeks, has carried column aztec
column of material, not only
editorial expressions, but also
articles written 10y their column
lists. and dozens and dozens of
letters written by their subscrib
crs, each seeking to cvaluatc the
effectiveness of President Roosr-
Vclt'S Executive Order No. SSO2.
This Is manifest confusion
The National Association of
Manufacturers, powerful organix
ton of industrialiStS. entered
the lists last week with Il state
ment presented before the Com
mittee on Migration of Labor.
us. House of Representatives.
Searchingly, it reviews, cx-
plores, and disscctS Executive
Order 1902 issued by President
Roosevelt on June 25, 1911, "Tn
encourage full participation in
the National Defense Program
by all citizens of the United
States, regardless of race. creed.
color or national origin" and
calling upon employers and
labor organizations to act &C
cordingly.
Attention is also directed to
the statement issued April %,
1911, by Sidney IIillman, Co
Director of the Office of Pro
duction Management, dccrying
the determinations which have
plagued the Negro pcoiIc, and
which have contributed so
largely TO diSunity and to dimi-
mutton Of that unified morale
which mus exist if our country
is adequately to meet the essen
tial needs Of the defense pro-
gram
II is not overlooked that Me.
llillman is President of one Of
tn" countrY'S most highly or
|anizcd and tightly knit labor
organizations i'm the country -
the Amalpamatcd Clothing
Workers Of America. He has
served i'm this position sine"
1918. If any Negroes are mem
bcrS il has not been advertised.
The National Association Of
Manufacturers declares that the
implication to be drawn from
the Presidents order and Mr..
EIlImaWS statement is that th"
determination prevailing exist
Please Turn to Page -Four
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1941-08-01
American Teachers Association

Administrative officers. facul-
~ members, and students Of
BIucfcId state Teachers college
arc making plans now TO attend
the 3Sth annual meeting of the
American Teachers Association
to be held on the campus of
West Nir"inia state college, at
Institute, w Va. July % TO Aug.
LIST.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1941-08-01
World Affairs

Americas army problem No.
l is the necessity of keeping the
selectees longer than the one
year for which they were called
into service. This must be done
one way or the other. Neither
Roosevelt nor Congress wants
to take the blame for the most
unpopular but necessary legisla-
ton to accomplish this. Both are
lodging and seeing to put it on
the other - playing politics in
the U. SIS NOSE dangerous hour
in all its history. What must be
done is better disposed of at
once.
To release the selectees at the
end of their year would wreck
what little trained force we have.
10 have an army always made
up of mostly rockies is unwise
for in event of war the sending
of such a force to do battle with
an enemy whose men have been
trained since childhood would
be suicidal.
The army has sensibly went
ahead on the premises that the
selectees are going to be in the
army for quite while over one
year. Selectees are scattered all
over the western hemisphere.
The vociferous and dangerous
lsolationist element of Congress
is fast bringing matters to a
head where they will have to be
dealt with as any FIT Columnist
Senator Wheeler heads these
dangerous men who are doing
everything they can to prevent
a defense being erected against
an aggressor. The activities of
Wheeler are such that must
make Hitler chortle with glee.
The war in Russia has gone on
in a series of titanic battles in
which men have died by the
hundreds of thousands and the
material destruction appalling.
The Russians have fought
bravely and inflicted enormous
and costly damage to Hitler's
war machine. The Reds cannot
conquer the Germans but they
can take the sting out of the Hun
hordes so that they will have to
retire leaving Russia alone. The
English will then step in. and
the English soldier is match
for the German soldier.
During the Russian war the
English have not been idle but
have rained thousands of bombs
on the whole Of industrial Ger
many daily. Thus the Germans
are now getting a taste of what
they have been handing ont.
The invasion of England be
comes daily more remote of ac-
complishment. English morale
is growing by leaps and bounds
Their own forces are growing
stronger daily and American
help arriving in a steadily grow
ing stream. For the first time in
months confidence of eventual
victory has been justified from
strictly military viewpoint.
Japan has begun something
big in the Far East. Her known
ambitions to acquire the terri
tory protected by Singapore
have been translated into action.
The on the surface result was
the US. and England taking
over all Japanese property with
in reach and severing trade re-
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1941-08-01

Japan has begun something
big in the Far East. Her known
ambitions to acquire the terri
tory protected by Singapore
have been translated into action.
The on the surface result was
the US. and England taking
over all Japanese property with
in reach and severing trade re-
lations with her. Japan is now
on her own. She must find new
source Of oil and other vital war
and peace needs. And in doing
so there is but two ways left her
taking over the Dutch Indies
or biting off a portion of Russia
in which these needs are contain
ed. Several things stand in the
way. The whole us. navy and
all the colonial forces of Great
Britain are between Japan and
expansion southwark at expencc
CONTINUED on nsye Four)
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1941-08-01
Annual Tall COrnstOck Derby
On Between w. Va. and Iowa;
Mcdowell Residents Can Aid

The annual tall cornstock con-
test between w. Va. and Iowa
is under way. Search is now
unde way to find the tallest corn
stalk in the state. Anyone may
enter the contest, for SIS in
prizes. Rules and regulations
may be obtained from the state
dept. of agriculture, but if the
reader wishes to enter the corn
stalk should not be cut until
rules have been announced.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1941-08-01
Negro Draftees
May Soon Find
Themselves In War
On Blood Brethren


Keen political observers here al
ready accepted it as n fOregone
conclusion that new emergency
DEGREES will soon be passed eX-
tending the time limit of train
ing of draftees now i'm camp.
Thus. what has long been the
private opinion of many is now
more or less an established fact.
That the United States is de-
libcrately and thoroughly prepar
ing for WAR.
For the white soldier. this
war-when it comes-.will be
tragic enough. War is always
unpleasant buSincSs-a deplor-
able contraction to the so-called
civilization the white powers
have long boosted about. But
for the Negro soldier the
tragedy will be far greater.
Already in Africa, we have
seen the spectacle of Negro
troops Strengthening and fighting
one another under the leader
ship of white commanders. Color
cd troops from Italian Somailand
wa.r'd bitter battle against Eng
fish led native warriors from
Ably sSinia. In the long drawn
out fighting in Libya the cost
in colorcd lives was tremendous
80 tremendous that no official
figure has ever been released!
Now, for those who read be-
hind he headlines, there is good
cause to fear a renewal of that
mrrrilcss, inhuman type of
warfare, into which Il siZeablr
percentage of the world pOpula-
ton of rolorcd peoples have been
sukrd, willy-nilly.
For Dakar. the French West
African seaport, is daily COM
ing i'm for increased attention.
not only from the warning Eu-
ropean white powers, but now
from the United States as well.
II is only 1000 miles from OAK
ar across the Atlantic to Brazil.
and the war-mindcd i'm Washing
t6on are continually stressing
the Fact that should the port fall
under German sOntrol, then it
would be but a stepping stone to
entry into South America. Other
foreign affairs experts debate
tins pOint-but il now appears
certain that that is the EXCUSE
that may be used soon for an
American occupation of Dakar
similar to the present A
mr1can occupation Of Iceland
10 thGc north and various West
Indian islands ON the south.
l'ut that occupation will not
be rs easy and simple a matter.
nor one devoid of blOodshed A
French newspaper reaching the
offices Of the Negro News Svndi
cat" yesterday from Algicrs,
gave editorial waring that the
French are prepared to put up
n hot fight against any Ameri-
can attempts To take Dakar.
Senegal or Morocco.
Ihta means that. i'm such an
cvcntuality American colorcd
troops may some day soon find
themselves fighting against the
NichN-cOntrOIlcd COlOrcd troops
from French West Africa.
-Ot)O--
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1941-08-01
Sorrow Tea ches

Nothing so increases ones Tever-
ence for others as a great sorrow
10 ones self. 1t teaches one the
depth OF human nature.