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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-01-02

wing in a two hour battle yesterday defeated the Italians north of Srtada Blanca, eight miles north of Chimara on the coastal road.
 The Greeks were said to have lost an officer and 25 soldiers killed, and three officers and 50 soldiers wound ed. The Italians were reported to have lost four officers and 63 sol- diers killed, six officers and 100 sol- diers wounded and seven officers and 450 soldiers captured. The Greeks also captured two light field guns and four machine guns, 1t was said.
 The italians were described as re- treating north on teh coastal road to Valona with the Greeks pursuing them through the Kerauniaj Moun- tains just south of Valona Bay.
 Another Greek detachment oper- ating east of the coastal road re- pulsed an attack by two Bersaglieri battalions on the north slopes of the Ktora Mountain.
 In the Tepelini sector, it was re- ported, the Greeks occupied the vil- lage of Levani, 13 miles northwest of Tepelini. Two Italian officers, l50 soldiers and three machine guns were reported taken.
 In the Klisura region the Greeks were said to have occupied Gerarza, 22 miles to the northeast in the Trehesina Mountains. !.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-01-02
CONG. SMITH IS
 BACK IN CAPITOL
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 said before leaving. would be that officials of the defense program confer weekly with the Military Af- fairs Committee, to. keep members informed on the progress being made.
 He plans to report to the Com mittee on the condition of military sites ia the Southern seas, Panama. and Porto Rico. and other points visited by his subcommittee on an inspection tour last month. Rep. Smith has declined to discuss con- ditions pending his report to the committee.
 Rep. Smith expects to return here Saturday and attend dinner given by Gov. Elect Hurley for the mem- bers of his staff at the Hartford Club. Rep. Smith is a colonel on the staff. He will return then to Wash- ington but is expected to be present and take active part in he state in- auguration ceremonies January 8.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-01-02

was only a. little more than 100 yards away from St. Pauls. It was in the middle of what used to be a textile warehouse area--now possibly the most burned out street in the city area.
 The building was flanked by other badly damaged structures but the Royal Engineers managed to bring 1t down without colapsing neighbor- ing ruins.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-01-02
CHRISTIAN FRONT
 ACCUSED FREED
an uprising against the government
 Test Bishops status
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(COnCmued rom Page 1D an uprising against the government.
 Test Bishops status
 It was said Bishops status as a resident of this country would be examined.
 The other released were Macklin Boettger, B, and John A. Viebrock, S6, formerly accused of conspiracy to overthrow the government and conspiracy to seize its property; John T. Prout, Jr., 30, charged with conspiracy to seize the property of the government, and William H. D. Bushnell, Jr., accused of conspir- acy to overthrow the government.
 The conspiracy case had been prepared by agents of the federal bureau of investigation and indict- ments were returned last Feb. 2. : The defendants were accused of belonging to an action committee" the purpose of which was ito over- throw. put down I'd destroy by force the government of the United States and by force to take its pro- perty.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-01-02
French Embroglio

Vichy, France, Jan. 27(UP)- Both diplomatic and technical ne- gptiations between France and Ger many are still at a standstill, as thfy have been since the dismissal of Pierre Laval as foreign minister and 8ce premier December 13, it was understood today.
 Marshal Philippe Petain, chief of state, sent Adolf Hitler letter De- Eember IA explaining Laval's dismiss al. To this there has been no reply.
 The only contact between the
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-01-02

Estates bombers are being flown ac- ross the Atlantic Ocean to Britain
 "in 8 steady stream" Viscount Beaverbrook, Minister of Aircraft Production, said today.
 Beaverbrook described the trans
 Atlantic fights as "a very efficient means of delivery" and he said the
 method of delivering was being ex- tended more and more"
 The Ministers statement, made to
 American newspaper correspondents lat his office, marked the first offic- iaI announcement that United States bombers were being flown across the Atlantic.
 Britain now has more airplanes of every type in operation than ever before in history and she has more in reserve" Beoverbrook said. "All British orders for United States airplanes for 194l now have been placed and the United States program for this year has been set- tied"
 He said he had information that the Germans were engaging in tnl- lmense activity in aircraft produc- tion."
 Seated behind his desk, his hands in his trouser pockets, Beaverbrook
 showed the correspondents adver- tisements in German newspapers
 appealing for iarcraft factory per-
 sonnel and personnel for magneto
 works and other plants negaged in
 the production of aircraft acces.
 sories.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-01-02
sion. The plan was turned down by the Republican controlled house.

Hurley will be inaugurated. after both legislative branches have com- pleted organization. This year, there will be separate organization of legislative committees because of the Democratic complaint that pre- ponderance of Republican votes in the house works against them under the joint committee system.
 Democratic control of the senate by vote of g to 13 will permit separate organization, a system which was in effect during the 1897 session for the first time, in 1889, because of Republican control of both House and Senate, the legisla- ture reverted to joint committees.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-01-02

on Bremen. It Is there that the Focke-Wulff factory is reported to be turning out new two-motored fighter as well as the Condor planes which have been raiding British shipping in the Atlantic.
 It was the first raid on Bremen in two weeks. The city has been bom- bed more than 50 times, since the start of the aerial warfare.
 The RAT headquarters at Cairo yesterday announced raids during the night of Dec. 30-3l on Taranto. Italian naval base at the entrance to the Adriatic: Cotrone, on the Adriatic coast; Naples, Tore Annu- nziata, on the Tyrrenian coast just below 1t: Palmero, Sicily, and val- ona, Albania. Naval units were bo1n- bed as Valona and a chemical fac- tory was attacked at Cotrone. Britt isl planes also bombed the Bardia area in Libya and Italian bases and troops in Italian East Africa.
 Bombers Fly Across
 London, Jan. D. (UP) = United
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-01-02
CONFLICT TO
 RESIGN ONE POST
Continued from Page l,
McDer7nott Mentioned

Former State Sen. Frank L. Mc- Dermott, New Haven, now Superin- tendent. of the state capitol build- ingS was being mentioned promin- ently for an appointment to 8 high post in the public works division in the next few months.
 It also was regarded as likely that Hurley would recommend a merger of the states agricultural depart ments, as urged several years ago by the state reorganization commis-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-01-02

bombings by the German air force were most successful"
 DNB also admitted that British planes had flown over north and western Germany last night. It said that explosive and incendiary bombs were dropped at several places but that no military damage was caused.
 According to the agency three factories and several private dwell- ings were damaged. DNB also said that British plane had been shot down by a German night fighter.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-01-02

London, Jan. 2-(UP)-Royal En- |gineers today began blasting build- ings which experts decided would have to DC razed after the destruc- ton of last Sunday nights German air raid on the center of London.
 Explosions were heard throughout the city as razing of some of Lorl- don's oldest strcutures began. Great clouds of dust obscured the view of nearby St. Paul's Cathedral.
 The first explosions brought down the walls of burned-out buildings in Newgate Street. Hundreds watch led the explosions from behind bar ricades 25O yards away.
 The first building brought down
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-01-02

Excess fare on air conditioned trains in India has been fixed at 30 cents for every 50 miles.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-01-02
BREMEN AGAIN IS
 BADLY BOMBED

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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-01-02
GERMANY GIVES
 BOMB REVIEW

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Bombers Fly Across London, Jan. a. (UP) = United
The Phoenix index., 1941-05-31
COlored Boy
browns In Pit

Archie d. Simpson, l3 years old,
colored. route /, box 429, Tempe,
drowned as he was swimming in a
water-filled gravel pit IN the salt
River bottom near 40th street.
Deputies sheriff, administering
artificial respiration and a fire de-
partment rescue squad, using oxy-
gen pumps for nearly one hall
hour failed to revive the boy, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Simpson.
Deputies learned the boy was
member of a party including Dav-
id Reid, II, Herman Edwards, l3.
j.. P. Provo. II, and w. j. Halnes,
" all colored. which had gone to
the river bottom to swim about
3:45 pm.
Young Simpson 0ived in the
water first and started to SWIM
across the gravel pit, but after a
few strokes, turned back and sud-
denly sank, deputies said the other
boys told them. Young Reid and
Edwards dived in when they heard
Simpsons cries for help, but be-
fore they could reach him he went
down again, the officers learned.
The boys pulled the lifeless body
of their companion from the waite
The Phoenix index., 1941-05-31
Charles LuCkey
Killed In Wreck

Mr.. Charles Luckey was killed
almost instantly Sunday, May II
in Salt Lake City, Utah as he,
in company with six others includ-
ing his wife. baby and brother,
Thomas Luckey, was returning
home from an employees picnic.
All were painfully injured, but none
seriously hurt but Charles, who, at
one time was deacon of Shiloh
Baptist Church, Phoenix. Word
was received here Sunday, May II,
Mrs. Milton Marina, sister in law
and Clyde Luckey, brother of
Charles left for the city Sunday
night, arriving there Monday. Mrs
Marina returned Thursday, ac-
companied by her sister, Mrs. Inez
Parrish, who joined her in Salt
Lake City from Los Angeles, Calf,
while Clyde accompanying the
family to Midland, Texas, where
the parents, and two sisters ot
Charles reside to deposit the body
The Phoenix index., 1941-05-31

THE letters are not entirely
from colored folk" said Alfred E..
Smith, racial relations man of the
WPA, Many of them are from
white folk as well, who know that
the elimination of the WPA would
spell disaster to them.
and they are from all parts OF
the country indicating that the de-
fense program has not complete
ly covered them. Especially in the
South where there are no great
industrial centers, with one or two
exceptions, are condition. just as
acute as they have been previous
ly.
These letters are an indication
of our contention, that the defense
program is not absorbing workers
as fast as they would like for it
to be believed, with the exception Of
certain types of workers in GER
tain parts Of the country.
ION the WPA we have thousands
of trained workers who are not
being given consideration and this
is as true of whites as well as col
ored The apathy shown toward
colored workers is alarming, al
though these workers have receiv-
ed the same training that many
whites have been absorbed in
some industries.
"A crying lack here in the dls-
trict particularly is the failure of
the local WPA to appoint Ne
gro on the administrative staff to
succeed Jack Whitten who recent
ly went over to the NYA in a
similar capacity. Because of this,
Negroes are not getting fair
share of the breaks and many
complaints find their way to this
office, which is in no position to
handle them.
SHOW MUCH INTEREST
I'VE are glad that interest is
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The Phoenix index., 1941-05-31
Second Call To
Affect Men Il,
Not Registered

WASHINGTON (SNS)-- PreSl-
dent Roosevelt Monday ordered a
second registration under the sc
lective service act on July l.
The President said in procla-
nation another registration was
required in the interest Of ma
tional defense
New registrants will include
those men who, OF or before July
!, have attained their 21st birth
day and had not registered pre-
viously. The registration is to take
place in the United States proper
in Hawaii, Puerto Rico ano
Alaska
Under the proclamation, every
male citizen and every male alien
residing in these areas, other THAI
those specifically exempted by the
selective service act, must comply
with the registration order if he
has reached his 21st birthday since
the initial registration. 81 49,
1t is expected that about
100000 men will be required to
register under the proclamation
The registration lottery and local
beard classification procedure will
be similar to that under the first
craft.
The Phoenix index., 1941-05-31
Bacca|aureate, Commencement 10
Be Held June II For Phoenix Hi

the subject-"How Youth Can
Help Keep Democracy Alive
Music will be furnished by the
various musical organizations OF
the school. The graduating seniors
Of 1941 are:
Odessa Faye Hall, Wilbur Lee
Harris, Cleveland Artry, Johnnie
Mae Bassett. Olivet BrN'Hster,
Alexander Caesar Brooks, ice
Francis Brooks. Herman Lawrence
Browne, valeria Marquita Cook,
Grace Helen Cooper, Milton Curry,
Laura Jane Dungee, Willie Emma
Dykes, verdell Frazier Alyce Vivian
johnson, Myrtle Cecile Poole, Caro-
line ieuzetta Syas, Morrison Pull
bright Warren. Dorothy Elizabeth
Williams, Mary Elizabeth Williams,
and Jewel Lee Wynne.
The Phoenix index., 1941-05-31

Rev. j. H Payton, Moderator
Of the SAY River Valley Dist.
Assn. and pastor of Antioch Bap-
tist church, is leading delega-
tIon that will leave Phoenix, June
for Chicago to attend the Sunday
School and BYPU Congress which
will convene June to 8 inclusive
Dr. Payton is one of the rev
Pauls that we find now who be-
LieveS that through suffering ano
sacrifice achievement u; possible
Thru such a medium, much has
been accomplished, The Antlcch
church has been one of the great
er things that he served as al
instrument while God moVeo
through him and the almost i'm
possible seems to have been done
At present, we have fourteen
churches with pastors, and all III
accord one with the other. Conf
Ience has been restored and ole
Zion is moving along. The enc
is not yet the submerging of the
Zion Rest and Salt River Valley
Asy'ns. together into State con-
vention is another great feature
achieved through Rev. Payton. Il
has been said that he is noted fol
his logical counceling, A grad
uate from the Baptist Seminary
of Meridian, Miss, he is now
student of Tempe college and be-
frwes thu more you know the
more it is possible for you to do.
The Phoenix index., 1941-05-31
Charge Breach
0fContract
In New York
Jersey Socialite
Says Marva Did Not
Fulfill Agreement

NEW YORK C ITY
(ANP) = Preliminary hear
ing in a breach of contract
suit against Mrs. Marva
Louis growing out of the Sc
ries of fashion shows she has
been sponsoring this spring
was scheduled to come up in
municipal court here Tues
day following a request by
counsel for the heavyweight
champions wife for a post
ponment last week.
The acClon Is claim for approx
mately $1,000 and has been institut-
ed by Mrs. Lillian l.. williams,
prominent Jersey City socialite,
against Mrs. Louis and w Louis
Davis of Chicago, who managed
the fashion shows. Mrs. Williams
insists that the pair did not live
up to an agreement they entered
into with her whereby she was 10
received 500 for each booking of D.
! fashion show sne arranged for
them. Following are the engage
ments and sponsors she declares
she arranged
Baltimore, March "a, the Afro
American; Jersey City, April IA,
the Associated Clubs of Jersey
City and the NAACP: White Plains,
N. Y, April II, the Joyrnakers
Social Club: Harrisburg, Pa, May
2, Mrs Leila Foundain for the
benefit of the Home and Foreign
Missionary Societies Of the AME
Church; New York City, May 5,
the Amsterdam Star-News.
DIDN'T SHOW UP
The complainant further charges
that Mrs. Louis disappointed those
who had purchased tickets for an
afternoon tea at the Belmont Ave-
nue YMCA in Jersey City that was
to precede the April ID affair in
that city with the result that re-
funds had to be made. This dis
appointment is also said to have
prompted the cancellation of the
fashion show that had been booked
for the Adams Ayenre Baptist
Church in Stamford, Conn, for
May l.
Papers we're served upon Mrs.
Louis and Mr.. Davis through At
torney E. Louis Saunders of Jersey
City and Atty. Arthur | Rieder
of New York, counsel for Mrs.
Williams, on Monday. May 5, as the
(Ccrtirued or Back Pssel
The Phoenix index., 1941-05-31
SUIT filed AGAINST MARvA LOUIS
Arizona BaptiStS
To Conduct 2lSt
Annual COnfab

The Paradise Missionary Baptist
State Convention of Arizona, will
hold its 21st Annual Convention
with the First Colored Baptist
Church, Phoenix, June 8, inclusive.
Each church in the convention is
expected to be represented. Rev
Charles Favors, president, antici~
pates the most successful sesaon
in the conventions history. This
convention is the oldest colored
baptist organization in the state
and holding it's coming OF age seS-
sion in the oldest colored baptist
church in the state will be epoch
making DR.. l.. K. Williams, the
late president CT the National Bap-
tist Convention, Inc, will De
memorialized at this meeting.
The Phoenix index., 1941-05-31

The Phoenix Coiored High School
will hold its Baccalaureste services
Sunday afternoon, June L, at 8
o'clock p. m, in the high school
auditorium, Prof. R. A. Lee prin-
cipal, has announced. The princi-
pal speaker will be the Reverend
Charles A. F'avors, Pastor Of the
First Colored Baptist aslrch'
Music will be furnished by the
Baptist Church choir.
Monday evening. June Q, at $3.50
n. M, the commencement exer-
cises will be held in the auditorium
Student speakers will be Morrison
Warren. valedictorian, who will
speak on How Youth Can Help
Democracy Work. and Mary VIII
liams, salutatorian, who has chosen
The Phoenix index., 1941-05-31
Overseer Taylor
Announces 18th
Annual Meeting

The Church of God in Christ
will meet in the 18th Annual
Convocation with the local church
in Phoenix June l and will last
ten days or more as the Lord may
lead The meeting will be conduct
ed by the Holy Ghost through
overseer j. w. Taylor, Senior
Bishop G. H. Mason, Bishop E.
r. Driver also ministers, overseeri
and missionaries from various
states will be honored guests. Work
ers all over the state are looking
The Phoenix index., 1941-05-31
CHANCE OF A LIFETIME

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according to their subscriptions.
4. Those eligible for scholarship
must report not less than 80 one
year subscriptions or so SIX
month subscriptions.
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The Phoenix index., 1941-05-31
KANSAS CTTlANS
CALL AT OPM

WASHINGTON - (ANP) - A
group of four including c. A
Franklin of the Kansas City Call,
DR. A. Porter Davis, R. B. Brown
ard Elmer c.. Jackson, all If Kan
sas City, visited Washington dur
ing the past week to protest to the
Office of Production Management,
certain inequalities existing in
that particular section of the mid
west where defense contracts are
causing industy ial booms.
The Phoenix index., 1941-05-31

and ran to the nearest telephone
a+ doth street and Broadway road
to notify officers.
Deputies said the water in some
of the gravel pits in the river bot
tom reaches depth of 20 feet
Harry Westfall, coroner, sum
moned to the scene, said an in
nuest would not be necessary.
The Phoenix index., 1941-05-31
News In Brief

granted yesterday by Superior
Judge M. T. Phelps to Dave G.
Carruthers, charged with petty
theft. ... N..
A CLAIM fiIro by w. 0. Titus
night watchman in the courthouse
for overtime salary amounting 10
1855 dating from June, 1888, was
rejected yesterday by the board Oh
supervisors
The Phoenix index., 1941-05-31
YOUTH KILLED IN
ACCIDENT

WILLIE TURNER THOMAS, l9
years old, colored, a National
Youth Administration worker, 1877
South Sixth avenue, was killed
when his bicycle and an automo-
ollie collided at GIT Buckeye road.
The boy was thrown 18 feet over
the hood of the car and his neck
was broken. He apparently DIED
almost instantly.
The boy resided with a friend
Mrs. Beatrice Palmer. His mother,
Mrs. Anna Mae Thomas, and a
brother reside in Chetfield, Tex
as. Funeral services had not been
arranged.
The Phoenix index., 1941-05-31
GEORGIA BORN CHICAGO
POLICE OFFICIAL PASSES

CHICAGO-.(A N PIT. Will
liam Middleton, member of the
police force for the past 30 years,
died in the Municipal Tuberculo-
sis sanitarium where he had been
confined for the past three weeks.
A native of Savannah, Ga, where
he was born in 1884, 1t. Middle
ton had been i'll for some time.
Two years after he Joined the
force in 1911. he became a sergeant,
The Phoenix index., 1941-05-31

A COMPLAINT charging Leola
Hutchison, % years old, colored'
1914 East Jefferson street, Win
stealing an electric fan, pair OF
shoes. q, quilt, blanket and coat'
all valued at $45, from LOWE Car
ter was filed in city court. she
was released on her own recog-
nizance pending a hearing this
afternoon.
The Phoenix index., 1941-05-31

and in 1924 a lieutenant. Before
becoming a policeman, Lit Middle
ton worked as a stationary en-
gineer. His record of 16 creditable
mentions include citations for
work on six murder cases one of
them a double killing, and the ar
rest of a number of holdup men
and armed robbers.
1t. Middleton was the only active
Negro police lieutenant in Chicago.
The Phoenix index., 1941-05-31
Flood OF Letters Reach Capital
Protesting Slash In WPA Program
Some Sent Direct
To White House
WASHINGTON BUREAU
ASSOCIATED NEGRO PRESS

WASHINGTON, d. c. - (ANP)-Letters of protest
against sashng the WPA and other relief agencies
ing into the office of John W. Camody administrator of the
department under which WPA operates, coming from all
parts OF the country and from many organizations and in
dividuas
Some which have been sent direct to the White House.
have been acknowledged by the Presidents aide Secretary
Mcintyre and then forwarded to the WPA office where the
entire to be assembled and turned over to Carody
SO his dossier will be complete when making his plea
funds
The Phoenix index., 1941-05-31

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: G. WOMEN HEAR BETHUNE

SUMTER, S. C.-(ANP)-Mrs.
Mary Mcleod Bethune, director of
Negro affairs NYA, was the princi-
pal speaker Sunday afternoon at
the closing sessions of the 31st an
uUal session of the South Carolina
Federation of Colored Women's
Clubs
The Phoenix index., 1941-05-31
CARRIED To FLORENCE

Alton Collins, 27, colored, found
guilty of attempted robbery of a
local cafe during which he was
wounded in the shoulder by pls-
tol bullet fired by the proprietor,
IL to 18 months.
James McKeller, 40, colored, who
pleaded guilty to burglary of a To-
cal tractor company warehouse, in
side of which he was surprised by
an employee, one to five years,