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The Phoenix index., 1941-02-22

WASHINGTON-(A N P)-For-
ty-five Negro chaplains will be
needed in the army when the full
strength of our fighting forces are
placed afield, said Col. William P
Arnold, chief of chaplains, in an
exclusive interview with the AS
sociated Negro Press.
Ranking as first lieutenants.
with pay rate at $4,000 per year
for the duration of the emergency
these positions offer an excellent
opportunity for the right kind OF
man, Col. Arnold said
ONE FOR EVERY 1000
One of the innovations instituted
In the new army is chaplain and
a chapel for every 1000 men or
regiment. In one of the huge army
cantonmentS, there are SIS chapelS-
where almost every religious de-
nomination in the army can find
spiritual comfort.
Selection of the chaplains will
necessarily be based upon the ap-
plicants physical fitness to stay
with the troops and to actually
serve the men under war time con-
ditionS.
"The job, as we Sc it" said Col
Arnold, himself a Catholic with 27
years army experience to his
credit, means more than just
holding a service of an hour on
Sunday. 1t means daily gatherings
and working closely with the men
giving them the advice they need
and the encouragement they de-
mand.
81 am happy he continued,
''that we got the war department to
separate the morale division work
from the religious work. True, no
person is better fitted to carry Oh
welfare work than g chaplain. but
The Phoenix index., 1941-02-22
Says An1yNeeds As Negro
Chaplains For Nev Unit

pointment according to their rep
resentation in the census.
However, Col Arnold emphatic
ally declared that if sufficient
number of Catholics we're found IN
a division (several regiments> a
Catholic chapel would be built for
them and a Catholic priest pro-
vided. And that well may happen.
In other instances, he said. es-
pecially among the ProteStants,
there is division there, where one
group uses a ritual and another
group does not. The minister Of
of the ritualistic group cannot con
conduct service for the informal
group, although he can go part way
in giving talks and preaching ser
mons, but he cannot administer
communion and such other beliefs
of the creed.
OPPOSES SOUTHERNERS
One commanding officer, said
the colonel in big southern camp
has asked that no northern chap
lain be sent for the colored troops
in his outfit There is a general
misunderstanding created when
this is done and the northern
chaplains do not fit into the
scheme with the men as do the
southern chaplains who, according
to the belief, are well schooled
in the racial aspects in their sec
tions.
At present in the regular army
there are three colored chaplains
and from the reserves there came
four chaplainS, leaving a big deficit
to be supplied.
Quietly but efficiently Col. Ar
mold is working with the religious
institutions seeking the type of men
they need for this work in the
army, and although he deplores
the fact that most of the men will
be new in the work, he feels that
great good will be done when the
final selections are made and
the men are placed in their re-
spectiye camps with their re-
spectiye units
The Phoenix index., 1941-02-22
PKs0eniX, Arizona
February u. 1871

CCA Cc4 ~. ActA
A Resolution
Submitted by the Arizona Voters
League:
We, the members of the Arizona
Voters League, Assembled in the
City Hall, of the City of Phoenix
State at U. M Feb 10th 1871
unanimously adopted the following
resolution That,
Whereas, The State Democratic
Platform called for an increase in
the Old Age Pension, from $4,000
t. $4,000 per month, and,
Where as; Most of the Candi-
dates for Legislative positions,
prior to the election, promised.
that if elected to work fer and to
supper. an enactment increasing
the Old Age Pension from $1,000
to $40 90 per month, And,
Whereas; Governor Sidney P.
Osborn. has had. submitted to the
The Phoenix index., 1941-02-22

Mr.. Cooper declared he was seat
ed at table in his dining room
making out payroll Saturday
afternoon around 2 o'clock when
the officer walked in and clouted
him ON the head three times with
a pistol.
Mr. Cooper said he had about
$345 in bills and about SIS in
change on the table when the
policeman entered the room.
The victim told the WORLD Sat-
urday night he had not secured the
officers name but reported the in
cident to police officials. He said
a police lieutenant came to his
home and "got the facts"
Mr.. Cooper said white man
wearing khaki trousers and a tan
leather jacket entered his dining
room anG asked him what he was
doing with "all of that money"
The plasterer said he was struck
three times after telling the Of
ficer ST don't think that is any of
your business"
Mr., Cooper said he recognized
one of the officers who remained
in an automobile while the alleged
attacker went into the house.
Mr.. Cooper said his attacker ex-
planned to him later he was struck
with the pistol because he spoke
out of turn to white man.
"He did not tell me ne was an
officer when he entered my room,'
the plasterer stated.
The Phoenix index., 1941-02-22

Miss Carlise Copeland. Miss Rachel
Smith, Mrs. Cora Edmund and
Miss Charlesetta Favors. Mr.
BrlSgn warned his hearers Sunday
afternoon that the Phoenix branch
is determined to do better in the
future than in the past years
Their goal for the year is 1000. The
mass meeting held Sunday. Feb. 9,
was intended especially to arouse
interest in the organization and to
inspire the community to whole
hearted cooperation with the 194l
NAACP membership campaign
The Phoenix index., 1941-02-22
Georgia Bishop
Delivers Opening
Sermon AT Meet
By L. p. REYNOLDS
ATLANTA, Ga.-(SNS)-

NEW ORLEANS, La.-(SNSj-
The Bishops Council at New Or
leans opened up in a blaze of glory
last Thursday morning with Bishop
w. A. Fountain, the acting Senior
Bishop, preaching the opening SER
mon which was we'll received by an
enthusiastic audience. The night
service was featured by a welcome
service after which a banquet was
spread.
Friday morning the bishops were
closeted i'll council While the Con-
nectiooal meeting was in session
The ordination services was con-
Quoted by Bishop A. j. Allen. A
memorial exercise was also held in
which Evangelist Martha Key sang
"The Last Mile"
The Council was we'll attended and
some of>ahe prominent church men
present were: Rev. j. S. Bryan of
Columbus, Ca, who was elected
vice president of the Connectional
Conference; Rev. j. D. Howell
who was elected president of the
same body Mrs. Alberta Pearson,
Am. E. Evangelist; DR.. A. S.
Jackson, financial treasurer of the
A. M. E. Church: DR.. A. o. vii.
son. st. James church. New Or
leans; DR.. Clarence c. Ferguson,
presiding elder of Potomac District,
Baltimore. Md; DR.. o. l.. Sher-
mar, Camden District. Arkansas
Rev. j. e. Reese. Baltimore; Rev.
j. S. Brookins presiding elder,
Alabama; Rev. E. A. Adams Sec
retary Education: DR.. D. II, Bab-
book, Bethel Church Atlanta;
Rev. w. r. Wilkes, Allen Temple
church. Atlanta; Rev. III. G. Cars
we'll. presiding elder, Atlanta; Mrs
l.. M Hughes. president w H.
and F. Missionary Society Texas
A. M. E. church:
The Phoenix index., 1941-02-22
RESOLUTION

Legislature, bill requesting the
enactment into Law, the above
mention increase in the Ole Age
Pension, Be it
Thereore Resolved; That we the
Arizona Voters League, go on rec
ord as URGING the Arizona State
Legislature brides to fulfill this
obligation to the Aged Citizens Of
the State of Arizona.
Be it further Resolved; That a
COPY Of this resolution, be. pre-
sented to the Speaker Of the House
cf Representatives, and to the
President of the Senate.
Be it also Resolved; That a copy
Of this resolution be sent to thf
Press.
SIGNED.
Manuel p Segarra. president,
David L. Johnson. chairman. Leg
Com,
Mrs. Inez Sanchez. chairman,
State Organizer
The Phoenix index., 1941-02-22
Robbery Charged

ATLANTA, Ga.-(SNS)-
Two counts of robbery and one
charging attempted robbery were
listed in an indictment returned
Friday by the Fulton County grand
jury against Albert Craig, 81, of Q
Jones street address, who was
shot early this week in the abdo-
men in ront of an Ashby Street
cafe
The Phoenix index., 1941-02-22
lGunshot Victims
poor" And "Fair'

ATLANTA, Ga.-(SNS)-
Charlie Leonard, who is alleg.
ed to have shot himself in the
head Sunday morning after shoot
ing Miss Bessie Windy. 25, in the
abdomen at her Hilliard Street
address. remained in poor cond;
ton Tuesday at Grady Hospital.
Miss Wimby's condition was list
ed as fair"
In an "only fair" condition was
Ernest w. Stephens, 80, Of Hum
phries Street, who was shot in the
abdomen Sunday afternoon:
The Phoenix index., 1941-02-22
1--WE DIE IN FIRE

DAVIDSON, N. CLAMP
Five children from six months to
six years old were burned to
death Friday in their wooden cot
tage near here. They had been
left in the home by their mother,
Naomi Caldwell. while she went
to the post office here to mail
q Dackage.
The Phoenix index., 1941-02-22

Miss Lois NJ. Jones, instructor OF
art at Howard University was
awarded the Robert Woods prize
OF fifty dollars for landscape paint
ing at the fiftieth annual exllibi.
ton Of the Society of Washington
Artists, now being held here at
the Corcoran Gallery of Art, it was
announced this week. The compe-
tition was open to artists of all
races residing in the District of
Columbia, Maryland and Virginia,
and more than 100 paintings were
submitted 10 the art jury.
The Phoenix index., 1941-02-22
Says OMcerEntered
HsHome, BeatHin1
Atlanta Contractor Tells
How He Was Struck With Pistol
ATLANTA, Ga.-(SNs)-

William B. Cooper, paseer and contractor WHO resides at
lZS Yonge street. s f. said he beaten his home Saur
day afternoon by police officer.
The Phoenix index., 1941-02-22
Men Ranked AS Lieutenants
And Are Paid $4,000 Annually

why saddle him With the responsi-
bility of entertainment, recreation
and religious activities when he
can be a greater asset as a worker
with the welfare man than as Il
welfare man.
NEED MISSIONARY WORK
zone Of the things number OF
citizens can do in their communi-
ties which will be of help to the
army, especially those ministers
who are over the age limit of AZ
years, is to help clean up the COM
munities adjacent to the camps
where so much harm is done the
army. The army itself never harm
ed a man, but many man has
come into the army who was not
fit TO be in it. And the commune
ties adjacent to the army camps
are the spots where missionary
work needs TO be DONE
When the information first Seep-
ed out through letters to various
institutions concerning the avail
ability Of we'll trained men to fill
these jobs, different Nominations
Immediately got busy to see if their
group would be called upon to sup
ply the necessary chaplains.
According 70 a religious survey
made by the census bureau, some
70 per cent of the Negroes surveyed
were Baptists, with the remaining
80 per cent distributed among 81
denominations, excluding Catholics,
who are said to have some 100000
included in their midst.
INTERESTING PROBLEM
This makes an interesting prob
lem for the chief of chaplains, who
will be Sieged with letters from re-
1igicue denominations asking for sp
The Phoenix index., 1941-02-22
News In Brief

Sheriff's Deputies took Floyd
Williams, Gil Soutl, seventh Street.
to the county clinic shortly before
midnight Fridav for treatment Of
a slight pfstol bullet wound in his
right thigh said to have been in
flicted in an alteration at 1640
South 18th Avenue. No one was
arrested.
The Phoenix index., 1941-02-22

AT Requests of the complainant,
the case of Leroy Ward, charged
with attempted rape Of a 14-year-
old girl in Eastlake Park. was dis
missed in East Phoenix Precinct
Justice Court.
The Phoenix index., 1941-02-22
INTERESTING PROBLEM

This makes an interesting prob
lem for the chief of chaplains, who
will be sieged with letters from re-
ligicus denominations asking for ar
The Phoenix index., 1941-02-22

Radio car Police jailed a 38-year
man and said he struck Ophelia
Lee, 1929 East Jefferson Street at
18th and Jefferson Streets and
tried to take her money.
The Phoenix index., 1941-02-22

Assertedly wanted in Salt Lake
City on a felony charge, the ma
ture of which was not known here,
q 23-year-old Phoenix bcotblack
boy was arrested by sheriff's
deputies
The Phoenix index., 1941-02-22

(Ccntinued OF Back Page)
Evening star., 1941-02-07
Missionary Learns From India,
Saves Himself for the Big Tasks
Secret Of Success, He Says, Is Concentration
When Either Working or Resting

An eager, excited young man with
a message went to India SO years
ago.
People predicted he wouldn't last
a year as missionary. They were
sure the heat, the dust, the depress-
ing climate would get him.
But they reckoned without the
message that India has for those
who will listen.
He absorbed India's faith in quiet
and meditation. The poise of the
East entered into him. He learned
to save himself
Today, he is the best known mis-
sionary evangelist In the world, DR..
E. Stanley Jones of Lucknow.
For Is years ne missed only one
engagement across the world, speak
ing two to five times day. Despite
bad throat, present of Pitts
burgh, he has spoken three or four
times a day during the week-long
National Christian Mission here.
Practical considerations enter into
routine like that. His task is a
spiritual one, but to keep 1t up
physical matters are very real.
Here are a few of his secrets:
He refuses to go to bed with his
speeches on his mind. He cuts off
the words he has said. the thoughts
that have inspired them, with exer-
cises. Calisthenics, simple bending
exercises he evolved in India, send
him to bed out of breath, and he
sleeps.
Then he visits the Y. M. C. AS in
each town for messages.
He saves his voice by using his
chest as a sounding board, never
constructing his throat.
But beyond all that-and this Is
what he learned in India-he knows
how to relax. While he's speaking,
he throws himself into it with all
the fire he possesses. But before the
speech and after it, he lets down.
Talking about it today, he quoted
an old colored friend who said:
When ! works, l works hard.
But when I sits, I sits easy"
Il went out to the East very
eager and excited" he recalled to-
day, but India calmed me down.
learned to save my energy for the
Evening star., 1941-02-07

(see MISSION, Page A-l7J
Evening star., 1941-02-07
Sickroom Visitors
Warned on Conduct
Al Health Seminar
Advised Against Show
Of Alarm and Staying
Too Long With Patient

Sickroom visitors who, uninten-
tionally or otherwise, create more
disturbance than happiness when
they drop in to cheer you up"
were taken to task yesterday by a
leader of the National Christian
Mission.
Too often, patients feel worse after
their friends have left than they
did before they came, DR.. Charles
T. Holman, associate professor of
pastor duties in the Divinity School
of the University of Chicago, told a
seminar on Religion and Health II
With an eye toward improving the
lot of those confined to bed by
illness, DR.. Holman prescribed these
rules of conduct for visitors:
Show no alarm over the patient S
condition.
Ask no prying questions about the
nature of the illness.
Speak in moderate tones.
Over-Exuberance InadvisabIe.
Be in good spirits, but not ex-
travagantly so.
Don't stay too long-and don't be
in too much of hurry to leave.
If the patient wants to talk about
his operation, be patient and listen.
Don't sit on the edge of the bed,
or lean against it or idly kick your
foot against it.
Make the visit a personal thing
tell the patient who's been asking
about him, who sent greetings. etc.
There's one school of thought" :"
said DR.. Holman, that says the
visitor should always stand. This
makes it easier for the patient to
look at you without twisting or
it. also indicates to
him that you aren't going to stay
forever"
Some people, the speaker con-
tinued, come for a short visit and
then sit and talk for hours.
You don't have to make the visit
long to prove your interest in q
Evening star., 1941-02-07

great things instead of frittering
them away on secondary successes.
1t has meant self discipline, but
DR.. Jones had his analogy for that.
THE difference between a river
and swamp" he said, "is that
river has banks. 1t limits itself and
it gets somewhere. A swamp takes
in everything and ends with moth
ing"
Discipline of himself hasn't mar
rowed him. He likened his attitude
to funnel. Everything to a man
interested in all of life goes into
that funnel, for the tunnels mouth
is wide. But what leaves the funnel
through the narrow ends goes into
the one thing that is important to
him, his work with Gods children.
Thus has India tempered the
eager youth.
Evening star., 1941-02-07
RondoII Denies Kemper
Speaks for u. S. Business
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press
Clarence Randall of Chicago. vice
president of the Inland Steel Corp,
declared today that James S. KEN
per. president of the United States
Chamber of Commerce, could not
speak for business" in opposing the
administrations British-aid bill.
Mr.. Randall, in a statement is
sued by the Committee to Defend
America by Aiding the Allies, said,
Business as such can have no opin-
ion on this important matter of ma
tional policy. I should feel very
certain that there are thousands of
business executives throughout the
country who believe very
earnestly that this bill should pass"
Mr.. Kemper urged rejection of
the bill in Capitol Hill testimony.
Aliens are not allowed TO reside in
Gibraltar without a special permit.
Evening star., 1941-02-07

friends welfare" he said. Long
visits are tiring. On the other
hand. don't appear to be in a tre-
mendous hurry to get away.
The worst visitors of all are those
who give the appearance of being
in such a hurry and then never
leave"
The visitor should be cheerful, but
not overly so, he said, adding:
This is no time for back-slapping
or. on the other hand, a long.
mournful face"
If the patient wants to tell you
about his operation, sit and listen,
because talking is a release tor
him" If he doesn't feel like talk
ing, then the visitor should be pre-
pared to carry on most of the con-
versation.
Buoy Up Patient
Many doctors look on visitors
of all sorts as necessary evils" DR..
Holman said I'VE should be care
full to conduct ourselves in such
manner that the patient will be
buoyed up instead of bored or de-
pressed. There should be a closer
cooperation between ministers,
doctors and patients"
If the sick person wants prayer
DR. Holman counseled ministers and
church visitation groups, care
should be taken to make the prayer
"a brief, simple and direct express
sion of faith and hope" Long
prayers often may be very dis
turbing" to the patient, he said.
DR.. Holman declared churches
should provide training for its visi-
tation groups so the people who
serve on them will be prepared to
provide any service they may be
asked to do"
He emphasized that keeping per-
sonal contacts with members of
their congregations is an extremely
important function of ministers,
and he declared that all churches
should provide means by which the
pastor can learn Immediately Of
any illness among his members.
Evening star., 1941-02-07
Christian Mission Proorum


45 pmFnal special seminar for employed people
Vernon Place Methodist Church, Dr. Adolf Keller, leader
730pmGeorge Washington University E Stanley
Keller; University
8O0pm-Youh
Jones, speaker.
80pmYouh conference at Luther Place Lutheran
Philip Y Lee and Edwin Epey, speakers.
a
Foundry Methodist, Bishop Thomas c. Darst, speaker.
McKendree Methodist DR.. Roy E Vale.
Vermont T.
Presbyterian, Kinsolving.
Emory Methodist
Metropolitan Presbyterian DR.. c. Jefares McCombe.
TOMORROW
Youth Meetin at Lut ace
100Oam.-Addres by DR.. George D Heaton.
100 mDusslons for youths of high school older
II 1230pm.-Luncheon.
200pm.-AddresS Bonsall
245pm-Continuation of discussion
National Christian Church, Dr. Philip
Y. and Miss Mure Lester. speakers.
Evening star., 1941-02-07

The first copyright act in the
United States was passed May 81,
1870.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-06-12
EMERGENCY CREW
 TODEMONSTRATE
Pole.Top Resuscitation Act to Be Featured at
 Safety First C0nfab

storrs, Conn.,, June 12.-A pole. | top resuscitation act, in which util- ity company linemen revive one ot their number who has supposedly suffered severe electric shock, VIII be one of the demonstrations at the Connecticut Conference on First Aid and Safety here on Saturday.
 The Stamford Gas 6s Electric Company is sending 0 team to Storrs to put on the demonstration. It will start the outdoor events oi the frs aid program, Q 2:30 satur- day afternoon.
 State Police Inspector Ralph j. Buckley. who arranged for the de- monstration, said 1t will be done under conditions as close as possible to actuality. The Connecticut Light 6 Power Company is. erecting Q standard light pole on the Univer- sity athletic field, complete with cross-arms, insulators and wires. Tn the demonstration, one of the linemen, working at the top of the pole, comes in contact with Hive" wire and receives @ shock" which knocks him out. He drops from the pole and hangs in his safety belt. Other linemen climb the pole. free him from the wires, and give him artificial respiration treatment at the top of the pole while rigging a rope sling to lower him to the ground.
 0. s. Wendell of the Stamford Gas & Electric Company is in charge of the demonstration, and the crew members are Thomas Mc- Manus, stephen Martinik and Nors man Kilday.
 The Conference on First Aid and Safety opens Friday and continues through two days with outdoor de- monstrations and team contests Saturday afternoon.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-06-12
TARDY'S TRIAL
 OVER ONE WEEK
Waterburlan Charged With Starting or Authorizing
 Another to Start Fire

Thomast ThomaSton, Juno is. - The case of Trefly Tardy, 3e, of 90 Pembroke avenue, Waterbury, was granted 6 weeks continuance in court here last night st the request Of his attorney, Sidney Cantor, of Waterbury.
 Tardy is accused of starting or authorizing another to start @ fire. The charge, according to PrOsecu. tor w. E. Bumgtead, was preferred, after c fire ifi the Reynolds Bridge section of town, started with the purpose of clearing land Of brush, got out of control.
 According to the prosecutor, the fire was not properly guarded and eating It's way deeply Into the heavy ti1derbruSh has burned about 26 acres of the wooded land since it was started last Saturday. Since its discovery by Fire Warden Atwood Of Terry vile = crew of state, local and eco workers of about 200 men have been endeavoring to control the fire, which according to MT. Bumstead, was still burning last night.
 He said that the land where the fire has been raging was cleared by the Connecticut Light and Power Company for the purpose Of erect- ing power line and that some time ago brush was piled ct var- ious intervals to be burned. He maintains that had proper atten- ton been given in the act of burn. ing, tho present situation would not have arisen. State bumpers have been engaged and hundreds Of yards of hose have been laid in fighting the fire which Is in Q densely wooded section and difficult to reach.
 Tn asking for ' weeks continue ance in the court proceedings, MT. Tardy's legal representative claimed not to have had sufficient time to have enteryieWed witnesses, since being engaged yesterday forenoon by the defendant, as counsel in the case.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-06-12
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THE other Is the aircraft carrier. The navy has six, is building twice as many more of these fast, stable, huge, floating air fields. The air- craft carr'Dr stays well behind the line of battle, relies for protection on her speed, her planes and her ability to keep out Of enemy range.
 If the present war has answer cd ct all the question: (Which Is master: ship or airplanek" 1t has said that neither is complete inas- Ire of the other. Without both, c navy Is almost beaten before 1t starts. The recent sinking of Ger many's Bismarck dramatically tells the story of the teamwork of planes ito spot, harass and slow down the enemy-and ships-to brnig up the heavy artillery for the final blow.
 There ahe many unknown quan- titles about the NU. g. Navy. But one aspect seems fairly sure {: America has the worlds finest naval air arm.
 TOMORROW: Air Power, Bases and Men.)