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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-10-16

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The Phoenix index., 1941-06-28
Use Negroes
In Powder Plant

WASHINGTON, D. CLAMP
The Atlas Powder company OF
Wilmington, Del, operating a fac
tory in Ravenna, O., has notified
the department of commerce of it's
intent to hire Negro workers at
that plant when it begins opera
tions in the fall.
1--WE have discussed the employ
ment of Negro men and women
with representative of a society
working for the welfare of Negroes
in the Akron district and have ad-
vised them that we will give con-
sideration to the employment of
colored men and women to the ex-
tent that they are available and
can perform the work which we
have, Or can be readily trained to
do"
The contents of the letter. ad-
dressed to Emmer Martin LancaS-
ter of the department of commerce.
indicated a willingness to utilize
all available Negro workers in that
area.
The Phoenix index., 1941-06-28
Negro Outfit Is
The Sndppiest Al
Fort Bragg, N. {.

FORT BRAGG, N. Clamp
Sole Negro combat engineer regi-
ment, the 41st, mas the reputation
Of being the snappiest as well as
the most military outfit at Fort
Bragg. These soldiers, most of
whom worked on farms in Louisl-
ana, Georgia and North Carolina,
have formed 4 drum and bugle
corps and q first rate regimental
band; they sing to and from work
every day. and put out an impress
sive amount of work
During their off moments the
men constructed a rustic outdoor
theater, and are now engaged in
the construction of a fresh water
swimming pool to be used by Ne
gro troops. Last week although
the sun was hot, the 4lst stretch
ed the biggest ponUoon bridge the
army has. capable of taking a %
ton tank, as if it were Fall day
Every officer Of the 41st Gas well
as the n-commissioned officers
carries a swagger stick. This is
the only group of non-coms
given such permission,
The Phoenix index., 1941-06-28
Bv SAMUEL A. BOYEA

MONTGOMERY, Ala CAMP
Most recent evidence Of the bene-
ficial results the Negro is securing
from the impending worldwide
disaster came in the form of an
editorial in that sedate pillar OF
Southern respectability, the Mont
gcmery Advertiser of Wednesday,
June 18.
On Wednesday the old lady of
Montgomery went down the street
of equality doing a "congeroo"
Said the Advertiser in the first
Ieaderette of the day:
Negroes are being disseminated
against in defense industries.
This discrimination, as Presi-
dent Roosevelt pointed out in his
memorandum to the OPM. is en-
tirely unrelated to efficiency and
productivity. 1t is the result OF
Unreasoning prejudice On the part
OF either workmen or employers.
1t is not confined to any One
region, and is perhaps more sySte-
matte and universal IN the West
Coast aircraft industry than in
any other place.
Fundamentally the Negro has
about as great a stake in the fight
The Phoenix index., 1941-06-28

WASHINGTON, d. C.-(SNS)-
The War Department announced
Saturday the award of an $4,000
contract to Tuskegee Institute,
TuSkegee, Alabama, for the pre-
liminary training of aviation cad
cts enrolled by the Army for the
goth Pursuit Squadron, the first
colored tactical unit in the Air
Corps.
The contract is for year, dur
ing which the Institute will give
preliminary instruction to approx
imately 100 cadets. They will be
enrolled at the rate of 10 cadets to
to a class. A new class will be
formed every five weeks. Each
class will receive Is weeks of in
Struction. The first five weeks will
be devoted to pre-flight training.
The next 10 weeks are for ele-
mentary flying instruction.
Upon completing the Is weeks
course covered by the Tuskegee
contract, an aviation cadet Will
begin his final 20 weeks of instruc-
ton at an Army basic and advanc-
The Phoenix index., 1941-06-28
mo Time For Preiudice!T
Saws Southern White PAPER

man simply becaUse he is a Negro
is a blow against the cause for
which all of us are fighting In the
first place. our nation needs every
ounce of its productive energy; to
sacrifice to any degree the con-
tribution that this one-tenth of our
population can make is foolish. We
need to maintain healthy eco
nomic system during this emerg-
ency, and this cannot be done if
the ravages of unemployment fall
diSpi pioportionately on a single
population group. Finally, and of
Importance to all of us, the issue
at stake and the issue which all
of us are being called uopn to
sacrifice for is the survival of
democracy. Now, more than ever
before. we need to strive to be un-
like, rather than like, the sewers
of hate and prejudice.
'If some Negroes are to be call
ed upon to risk their lives for $2l
month, simple justice requires
that other Negroes be given an
opportunity 70 fill jobs building
ships. guns and planes. Ability, not
coldr, must determine fitness to
serve.
The Phoenix index., 1941-06-28
Aviiatrix Fights
Storm In Plane
For $50 Miles

CHICAGO,-(ANP) Plotting
her new Piper Cub IS which she
had just purchased from the Piper
Aircraft company in Lockhaven.
Pa, Villa B. Brown, Chicago
aviatrix, battled her way through
six thunderStorms to a three-point
landing on Harlem airport Wednes-
day. Due to the particularly bad
weather friends and students did
not expect her to try to get through
but waited patiently at the airport
listening to the weather broad
casts
Cornelius R. Coffey, president of
Coffey School of Aeronautics. who
accompanied her on her trip and
who did all the navigating, with the
aid OF small radio built especial
~ for light planes, said that they
were constantly altering their
course to avoid the worst of the
weather which finally forced them
down on farm in Forth Worth,
md, Tuesday night They left
Fort Worth at sunrise and arrived
at Harlem airport at 10 O'Clock
the next morning, where Miss
Brown was met by an enthusiastic
group with candid cameras and was
presented a bouquet of roses.
F
An amusing incident occurred
later that caused a chuckle in the
hanger-after the $50 mile flight
across mountains and through
storms, Villa insisted on giving a
friend a IS minute pleasure ride
over the Chicago airport area. q.
The Phoenix index., 1941-06-28
Believe Job
March Topic
OF Discussion
Leaders Silent
After White
!! House Meeting

WASHINGTON, D. c. CAMP
An important conference at the
White House attended by A. Philip
Randolph and Walter White as a
result of the proposed job march
On Washington scheduled for July
l, heard these two men lay the
claims of the Negro people before
the President, Mayor LaGuardia
and a group of ranking officials
of the government.
Present beside those mentioned
were Secretary of War Stimson,
Secretary of Navy Knox, Produc-
tion Directors Knudson and Hill
man.
Mayor La Guardia acted as
spokesman for the government
chiefs and said that there ''has
been some discrimination in the
employment of Negroes'' on de.
Tense jobs and he said that the Of
ficial group that discussed the sit
uation Wednesday would be able
to find q solution.
The mayor did not indicate what
steps would be taken to instru-
ment the Presidents order of last
Sunday that more defense jobs be
opened to the members of the col.
ored race.
The mayor further praised the
condition which saw the colored
representative sit at the table
with government officials to dis
cuss the problems which face the
group in America
Complete silence surrounds the
meeting as far as any definite
plans are concerned and calls at
the White House fail to illuminate
the situation beyond the briefest
mention of the meeting.
It is reported that some sort of
plan is being drafted whereby in
dustry, especially the defense pro
gram, will begin to absorb more
Negroes according to the Presi-
dents mandate.
The Phoenix index., 1941-06-28

gaClOn could be accomplished
The attorney general outlined
'the law of the situation" and the
practical side" presented by a
summer schoo! admission applica-
ton from Preston S. Peterson
who wants to work for a masters
degree in business administration.
BY law and the supreme court
Gaines decision, Peterson is entitl
ed to admission in the absence of
other and adequate provision for
training desired"
Practically, Watson said separ
ate dormitory, dining hall and class
room space could be provided and
marked for Negroes, separating
them from white students.
"You may have to construct a
one or two-room dormitory and
mark it for Negro students. You
may have to put sign in the class
room segregating the two races,
but in my opinion this will not
have to be made continuous
practice, and I know of no better
time to have to handle such sit
uation than during a summer
school session"
The secretary of the board of
control which operates the uni
versity said Peterson lived at Day
tona Beach and had attended Be-.
thune- Goodman college. He said
the Peterson case has not been
decided by the board and his edu-
cational qualifications for the grad
uate school have not been inves-
tigated.
The Phoenix index., 1941-06-28
Says All Plants
Should Accept
Negro Workers

between the New Deal and the New
Order as any other group
THE spectre of a Hitler-domi-
mated world with repression and
cruelty aimed at every racial
minority. falls heavily upon him.
~T'he American Negro has dem
onstrated a loyalty and willingness
to bear his share in the respon-
Sibilities ahead This time, as 27
years ago, selective service calls
upon him to serve in direct pro-
portion to his numbers.
"There is small wonder that Ne
gro leadership has been concern
ed, and at times angered. by
systematic exclusion of members
of this race. This is an exclusion
entirely unrelated to questions of
social relationships. 1t is either
economic, or is based on the
WITNESSES of color prejudice.
ITO turn away skilled work
The Phoenix index., 1941-06-28
$4,000 Award Is Giuen
Tuskegee For Air Course

Under the Tuskegee contract,
the first GLASS of 10 cadets will
start training July 19, and actual
flying instruction will begin Au-
gust %.
Formation of the 99th Pursuit
Squadron was announced by the
War Department March 81, 1941
Present plans call for the training
and commissioning of So pilots per
year to man the squadron, and
transfer or commissioning of to
Il non-flying officers.
In addition, 276 enlisted men of
the 99th Pursuit Squadron are now
undergoing training at Chanute
Field, Rantoul, Illinois, for duty
as mechanics and other technical
specialists.
The Phoenix index., 1941-06-28

CAIRO, Egypt-(SNS)-Haile Sc
lassie is cleaning house in his new
ly regained kingdom of Ethiopia.
He is calling to account his tribal
leaders who sold out to their Italian
conquerors.
Strangely enough, the Lion OF
Judahs own son-in-law, Ras Halle
Selassie Gugsa, who married the
Emperors daughter, zenab Wark,
heads the list of those liable to ar
rest. Ras Seyoum, stout old heridi-
tary ruler of Tigre Province and fa-
ther-in-law of Ethiopia's crown
prince.
A third tribal leader, fuzzy haired
The Phoenix index., 1941-06-28

COLUMBIA, S. CAMP Gov.
Burnett R. Maybank declared
Thursday that he had mo idea" of
signing a bill increasing salaries of
all South Carolina teachers $40 a
month unless it was clearly under
stood what the results would be.
The bill went to the governor for
signature minus an amendment
which would have provided $751;
600 for increases in the salaries OF
Negro teachers. The amendment
was struck out when the measure
was passed on the final day of the
legislative session.
Representatives of Negro taech-
ers, j. P. Burgess of the Palmetto
Education association, and PreSi-
dent M. F. Whitaker, of South
Carolina stats College, met last
The Phoenix index., 1941-06-28
South Carolina Governor Refuses
To Siqn Bill Raising Teacher Pay

week with the state board of edu-
cation and said they hoped to reach
an understanding in South Caro-
lima without outside help"
Maybank in his capacity of ex-
officio chairman of the board said
1--WE are going into this matter
thoroughly, and are not going into
any precipitate action. We want to
do what is best for all concerned
and we will be guided by the best
minds in the state"
A report submitted by a specially
appointed group of legislators who
studied educationa problems of the
state was passed over by the gen.
eral assembly Gov. Maybank said
the board planned to make detail
ed study of the committees find
ings.
The Phoenix index., 1941-06-28
More Than 100 Cadets Will
Get Training During Year

ed flying school to be built near
Tuskegee.
This procedure is in accord with
the general training program of
the Army Air Corps under which
all preliminary training of Avia-
ton Cadets has been decentralized
and distributed among private
schools operating under Army con-
tracts and subject to Army regu-
lation and supervision. The course
offered under the Tuskegee con-
tract will be the standard primary
course prescribed by the Army Air
Corps.
The Phoenix index., 1941-06-28

FIT. RILEY, Kans. - (SNS)-
Brig. Gen. Benjamin o. Davis,
only colored general officer in the
United States Army, left Thurs
day for Washington, D. c., where
he will be assigned to the inspec-
tor-general's department.
General Davis has been COM
mander of the 4th Cavalry Brigade
here since January 13, 1941. The
general is due to retirement. He
will he 81, July l.
General Davis is a native OF
The Phoenix index., 1941-06-28
CHANCE OF A
LIFETIME
high School Graduates! Here's An
Opportunity For You to Enter
College The PHOENIX INDEX
Offering Three Scholarships.

ENTER THE campaign now, take
four choice from the list of coll
leges listed:
Jr. College. Phoenix
Temple Teachers College Tenn
pie Arizona.
The University of Arizona, Tus-
con, Arizona. The campaign be-
guns June and runs for weeks
erding midnight, August 90, 194l.
Anyone aspiring for college is (that
is high school graduate) eligible
for this campaign
2. Winners of this campaign will
be awarded scholarships in ac-
cording to his or her subscriptions.
3. Subscription rates during this
contest are as follows:
One year, $780, six months, ST.
90. Each contestant will receive a
reward according to his or her
subscriptions.
4. Those eligible for scholarships
must report not less than 80 one
year subscriptions or so six-months
subscriptions.
5. The scholarships are not
transferable and have no cash re-
ward.
APPLICATION BLANK
I am hereby submitting my name
as one of the contestants in your
scholarship campaign;
.
address ............ .'...''.'--''
City .............-..,. '4'''
was graduated from ...........'
High Scnool
7 All a member of ....... cnurcn
Reference, one or more high schooi
teachers.
Reference ....--.'.
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Mail to the office OF The
PHOENIX INDEX, 1914 E. Monroe
Street Phoenix, AriZ.
The Phoenix index., 1941-06-28
PRESIDENT C0NFERS
WITH WALTER white
and A. P. RAN DOLPH
Gen1Davis Leaves
ForWashingtonJob

Washington, D. G. He entered the
military service as a first lieuten-
ant of infantry during the War
with Spain. He was mustered out
in March 1899, and three months
later enlisted as private in the
regular Army. He was commits
stoned second lieutenant of
Cavalry in February. 1901.
No successor to General Davis
has yet been announced. The 4th
Cavalry Brigade is made up of the
9th and 10th Colored Cavalry regi-
mentS.
The Phoenix index., 1941-06-28
HOWARD PROFESSOR
MARRIES

CHICAGO (ANP) In
charming home wedding here Wed
nesday evening, Miss Irvena Eliza-
beth Harvey became the bride OF
William Robert Ming, professor Oh
law in Howard University Law
school. Mrs. Pearl Harvey, mother
of the bride, presided at the recep-
ton which followed. The couple
left on a honeymoon and will prob
ably return to Chicago for the sum-
mer removing to Washington in the
fall
The Phoenix index., 1941-06-28
Unlimited
Emergency
Proclaimed
BY MACK G.. NANCE

Now, that our oommander-in-
chief has proclaimed national
emergency, it becomes imperative
that all citizens unite so as to sue
cessfully cope with any situation
that may confront the nation. Our
solemn duty at this time, is to
stand by for further orders. This
is not the time to question the mo-
tives behind this proclamation. An
emergency brake is seldom used
on a car except in cases OF an emer-
gency. Mr.. Roosevelt is in posi-
ton to determine the necessity OF
applying the emergency brakes up
on the vehicle of our national Sc
curlty.
Unlimited emergency mean that
we are making great speed in the
wrong direction. Unlimited emer-
gency mean that all citizens must
assume the ALERT position.
CIVIC AS WELL AS MILITARY
DISCIPLINE A REQUISITE
The Army, Navy and Air units
are sworn to and can be depended
upon to accomplish their duties II
called upon. Supporting the COM
bat, units there should be strong,
firm and a united people. Without
this, we must expect and prepare
for the same sad fate as that OF
France and other WhopSie demOcra-
cies. Industrial, social and political
strife must be subordinated for an
objective and that objective will be
revealed by our commander-ln
chief at some further date. We face
today: unity and survival or dis
unity and the death OF the noble
ideals so beautifully expounded
mot faithfully applied by the citi-
zen of the United States. United
We Stand; Divided We Fall"
OUR WEAKNESS BECOMES A
STRONG WEAPON FOR THE
ENEMY
The CHG of the Nazi Army owe
their success to a great extent to the
fact that they study the weakness
of their adversary and work on
such weakness. Internal weakness OF
France stimulated by German in
trique and other diSuniting activi-
ties thru fifth -columniStS caused
the downfall of that country. Great
Britain, lowering in the shadow
of defeat, and in the midst OF grave
hostilities, make strong efforts to
accomplish a reform which should
have been practiced in time OF
peace. CHG of the Nazi combat
forces, have an eye well pealed to
the disuniting weakness of the
United States. There are certain
elements in the United States, thru
ignorance or sympathy with the
Nazi regime, work hand in hand
with Herr Hitler. AS one writer puts
it, quote: "DiSunity is shouted over
the Radio, and from the public rost-
rum by our leaders, carried in the
headlines and columns OF our news
papers and made the ordinary subj
ject of conversation" end of quota
ton. This is in strong contrast to
the hopes, the aims and aspiration
of the firm, loyal citizens of the
United States while at the same
time offers a formidable weapon to
be used against us. Such deplorable
conditions spell glorious retreat
in actual combat. 1t is thus, that
the President of the United States,
proclaim an unlimited emergency
exit. Our pet weakness must no
longer be appeased. Intimidation
individual or group dissention must
melt away in favor of total unity;
else we should spend our spare
moments studying LOW OUCH.
The Phoenix index., 1941-06-28
ARMY CHAPLAIN. DIES

TUSCON, AriZ.- (ANP)- Col.
Louis A. Carter, IS, retired chap
lain and one of the few Negroes
to attain the rank of colonel in
the United States army, died Sat-
urday in the Veterans hospital
here. Commissioned in 1910, Col.
Carter served as chaplain of each
of the regular army's four Negro
regiments, the 9th and l0tn cavalry
and the oath and 25th infantry.
The Phoenix index., 1941-06-28
KENNEDY DAUGHTER

DURHAM, N. C.,-(ANP) - Miss
Margaret Catherine Kennedy,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. William
Jesse Kennedy was married Friday
evening to Lewis Marshall Good
win at White Rock Baptist Church
here. Mr.. Kennedy is secretary and
vice-president of the North Caro-
lima Mutual Life Insurance COM
pany,
The Phoenix index., 1941-06-28
Halle SeIassie Is
Cleaning House

Ras Hailu, former ruler of Gojjam
Providence, was reported already in
custody He had been eXiled in 1882
for plotting against the throne,
was reconciled with Halle Selassie in
defense of Adds Ababa against the
Italians, then stayed and made his
peace with the FaSciStS. British
sources said Hailu remained as a
fifth columnist and betrayed the
Italians in April by opening the
gates of Debra Markos Fortress, al
lowing the British to catch the
- R.N
The Phoenix index., 1941-06-28
u. Of Florida
Debates Negro

TALLAHASSEE FIa.-(ANP)-Although Florida is
considering admitting it's first Negro student to the state
university at Gainesville this summer, Attorney General
The Phoenix index., 1941-06-28

Mail to the office of The
PHOENIX INDEX, 1914 E. Monroe
Street, Phoenix, Ariz.
The Phoenix index., 1941-06-28

Continued on Back Page)
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-10-31

launched at Camden, n. j., Oct.
A. 1919.
The last combat vessel OF the
United States Navy 10 be sunk
in actual warfare was the L. S. S.
Tampa, a converted coast guard
ship operating in the Bristol
Channel. The navy records of the
sinking. which occurred Sept. %,
1918, said that the ship was
probably torpedoed" The crew
of 1lS hands was lost.
However. four days later. an
American Cargo -vesssl-spes stink
in a battle with a German sub
marine The ship. the Ticonder-
oga, was the last vessel TO be lost
by this country in World War /.
II was torpedoed and sunk after
a two-hour battle with the U-boat.
Approximately 213 lives were
lost when the vessel went TO the
bottom. There were two survivors
but both were taken prisoners by
the U-boat The encounter oc-
CURED while the ship was en- route
from Gibraltar 10 North Wales.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-10-31
SUMMON REPORTERS

Announcement of the torpedoing
was made by the navy in what has
become a routine fashion. Report
ers were summoned TO the quar-
tiers of the press officer and hand
ed the brief announcement.
If past procedure was followed
Secretary of Navy Frank KnoA
undoubtedly had informed Presi-
dent Roosevelt or The sinking be-
fore it was announced.
What happened to the attacking
craft was not stated. Knox an
earlier this week that this
would follow Britain S
policy-it would never make pub
lie the sinking of an enemy sub
marine.
The Inflated Reuben James
which carried the number 245 and
was similar 10 the type traded to
Britain--went aground on the
north coast of Cuba on Nov. %
1889 Tugs later towed the ship
to safety while the u, S. S. Ranger,
an aircraft carrier. stood by. There
were no casualties during that
incident
Miss Helen Livingston Strauss,
daughter of Rear Admiral Joseph
Strauss, served as sponsor of the
destroyer when the vessel was
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-10-31
Bombing Of Reich
Cuts Production

We will continue our formidable
aerial bombardments of Germany
without intermission. and their
effect upon German production
already has been great.
To tie ourselves 10 ma jor
operation in the west-and that Is
what landing there means
would weaken us where we need
our greatest strength, and would
certainly lessen our power 10
supply Russia with what she re-
quires II is"by supplying her needs
that we can help her best.
The Persian line OF corrnunica.
tons 10 Russia is of equal i'm
portance with that via Archangel,
for il takes all the supplies coming
from India and farther east. II
is being developed at top speed.
The British armies in Syria and
northern lraq and Persia are in
creaslng in size every day, and are
developing their communications
in readiness for the great struggle
which is 10 be expected in this
area in the Spring.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-10-31
20 Killed i'm Crash
Of Detroit AirIiner
CONTINUED from Page one)

paper purchasing agent for the
Eddy Paper Company Of Three
Rivers.
Two others of the victims were
GAW-CI0 representatives from
ont of town coming here for con-
ferences OF Ford JAW locals.
The three brass company officials
were in Buffalo together on bust
ness. II was learned. y "
Arriving early al the scene TO
begin the inveStigat IN were Cana
dian flying authorities and officials
from the Detroit office of the Civil
Aeronautics Authority. They in
cluded
Col Douglas JOY Toronto civil
ian Inspector for the Department
of Transportation; resident air
craft Inspector II. $. Alguire; F.. NJ
Townsend. Inspector of the CAA'S
air safety bureau here and V. A..
Calhoun, r. H. BriScoe and A. l..
BotSford of the CAA general in
Spection bureau.
The plane took off from New
York City at $50 p. m. and was
bound for Chicago with stops at
Buffalo and Detroit.
II had taken on fuel al Buffalo
and apparently was flying as usual
up TO few minutes before the