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The Omaha guide., 1941-11-22

REV. F. P. JONES', pastor Of
the Mt. Moriah Baptist Church,
and Moderator of the New Era
Baptist State Association of Ne
braska, and one of the Vice Pres
dents of the National Baptist
Convention who has been called to
the Corinthian Baptist Church Of
Detroit, one of the leading church
es of the state of Michigan ex-
tended his resignation to the Mt.
Moriah Church Sunday morning.
An atmosphere of gloom and sad
ness overshadowed the entire
church, and expressions of regret
were voiced by everyone present.
Rev. Jones, will preach his fare
well sermon on the Second Sur
day in December.
He has served as minister of
the Mt. Moriah Church for over
10 years, working hard with his
hands, mind and spirit. Giving
his money at a sacrifice, endeav-
oring to prove that he was rot
here for the fishes and loaves.
Finding the church heavily in debt
the mortgage has been paid. The
parsonage was threatened with
foreclosure, has been readjusted.
rs percent of the active member
ship and those who hold response
BILE places in the church are those
who came in during his admins
tration.
The church is well organized
and operates under the church con
troll system. How well he has
served, ad lived in the community
is left for the public to judge. He
came as a Christian gentleman,
and gospel preacher and leaves the
same way. He has made many
friends among all races and class
es. The loyal members who have
worked with him earnestly, and
untiringly, deeply regret the loss
of his leadership. Mrs. Jones who
has faithfully labored by his side,
serving in various capacities in
the church and community, will
be equally missed.
The Omaha guide., 1941-11-22
CARVER ART CENTER
& AT

Tuskegee, Ala, (NNS) Another
step in commemoration of Dr..
Carver's monumental work was
the dedication this week of the
Carver Art Rooms which were
opened at the George Washington
Carver Museum at Tuskegee In
stitute.
Several weeks prior to the open
ing of the Rooms DR.. Carver was
busy classifying and selecting can
vase that had been rolled and
packed away for nearly half a
century. Not only did the aged
artist clean every canvass himself,
but he also personally supervised
the construction Of the frames and
he trusted no hands but his Own
to put the pictures in the frames.
Only when it came time for the
pictures to be hung did DR.. Car
yer call upon his assistant.
The Omaha guide., 1941-11-22
Louis, Cab, Jesse Queens On "Freedom,s People"

New York, N. Y. (NNS) Joe
Louis and Jessie Owens will head
line the cast for the third broad
cast of the NBC-Red Networks
Freedoms People" series, Sun
day, November %. The program
will salute the contributions of
American Negroes to the world Of
sports.
Bill Stern, NBC director Of
sports, will interview Owens in
MICS New York Studios, and Ken
Carpenter, NBC West Coast sports
caster will interview Louis from
Hollywood's Radio city. The FRO
gram also will feature dramatic
ations of the careers of Owens
and Louis.
The Omaha guide., 1941-11-22
INDEPENDENT MERCHANTS
ENDORSE STATE CHAIN
STORE TAX

Over one thousand men and wo-
men attended a mass meeting Of
the Omaha Independent Grocers
and Meat Dealers held at the
Blackstone Hotel, Thursday night.
Mrs. r. M. Kiefer, Secretary of the
National Retail Grocers Associa-
ton, addressed the assembly on
Modern Merchandising" and 1.-THE
Advantages to the American
Community of Maintaining and
Preserving the Independent Re-
tailers."
Short talks were made by Louis
Kavan, secretary of the associat-
ion, Richard Jepsen, police COM
missioner and Ben Perelman, pres
ident of the association.
A discussion was had concern
ing the proposed state chain store
tax now being sponsored by the
Federation of Nebraska Retailers.
The entire assembly unanimously
adopted a program favoring the
enactment in Nebraska of a state
chain store tax based on the Lou
isiana law. The Louisiana sta
tute. III effect since 1885, provid-
es for a graded tax based on the
number of units owned or control
ed by a chain system in the entire
United States rather than the
number of stores in the particular
state.
The Omaha guide., 1941-11-22
JAMAICAN
GIVEN BOOST

Kingston, Jamaica, (NNS) An
other step favorable to Jamaican
n~ationalism was taken by the Brit
ish Government when in a recent
order it gave permission to the Is
land to have a national flag de-
signed and flown from the flag
pole of Kings House, the official
The Omaha guide., 1941-11-22
men and their families.

men and their families.
Louis has been classed by his
Detroit draft board as Ia and Is
subject to call by the army any
moment. But in view of this
charity bout and the fact that the
champion will be % in May ne
may be permanently deferred.
When Louis fought Baer in
Washington last May he was de-
clared the winner . when Baer's
manager refused to allow him to
answer the bell for the 9Th round
claiming he had been fouled. This
however, after Baer had been
dropped several times by the cham
pion.
The Omaha guide., 1941-11-22
FORT BRAGG KILLINGS BY
"UNkNOWN SOLDIER" SAYS
WAR DEPARTMENT

Investigators Assert Whites and
Negroes Were Shot With Same
Gun, and Killer Is Still Hunted
Three Months After Crime
New York. N. Y.-The killer If
a Negro private and a white SER
geant of military police in a row
on a bus at Fort Bragg, N. c.,
the night of August 6, is still lin
known, it was asserted by Henry
l.. Stimson, secretary Of war, in
a letter to the NAACP. this week.
ALI reports at the time of The
shooting agreed that Sergeant E.
L. Hargrave, white military police
man, had been killed by Private
Ned Truman, colored, who, in turn
was killed by Sergeant Russell
Owens, another white military po-
liceman. These accounts were
given by the daily papers, the AS
ISOLATED Press, Negro weekly pa
pers, a personal investigator for
the NAACP., a reporter for the
New York newspaper, P. M. and
eye-witnesses.
Despite all this, Secretary Slim
son stated in his letter to the MA
ACP. that an examination of the
bullets showed that both Hargrave
and thurman were killed by bull
lets from Hargrave's gun.
Secretary Stimson asserts that
Sergeant Russell Owens was us
ing a different type of ammuni-
ton from that used by Hargraves
and none of his bullets were found
in the bodies of the dead or wound
ed men.
The Omaha guide., 1941-11-22

uel J. Battle who was selected by
Mayor LaGuardia to take the late
Lou Gehrig's place on the New
York City Parole Board. The AS
ISOLATED Football Charities, Inc,
which hopes to make this game an
annual affair, represents various
Negro, Catholic and Jewish char
tiles.
The Omaha guide., 1941-11-22

Agricultural Workers for its 1912
sessions will meet in Memphis,
Tenn, Feb. 4-6.
The organization is gaining mo
mentum and a paid up member
ship of 500 is expected to be pre-
sent or to be represented by proxy
J. w. Mitchell, chairman of the
North Carolina State committee
and vice president of the associat-
alton has been formed. J. F..
ion, reports that a state organic
Taylor of Oklahoma reports that
the extension agents voted to af-
filiate with the national through
their state organization. The Of
ficers Of the association are Miss
l.. G. Hanna, Tuskegee, CORES
ponding secretary, A. T. Bushy,
Alcorn, Miss, recording secretary
J. G. McAdams, Texas, treasurer;
]. w. Mitchell, North Carolina,
vice president, and M. F. Spauld-
ing, Langston, Okla, president.
The association was organized
in 1910 at Tuskegee institute. It
has as its object to advance the
knowledge to promote the general
interest of agriculture and home
economics by developing stand
ards and informing the public of
conditions existing and suggest
ing remedies.
The Omaha guide., 1941-11-22
by RUTH TAYLOR

"can we give thanks? Can we
in all honesty celebrate Thanks
giving this year-when famine
stalks a war torn Europe, when
violence and threats of war are at
our very door step, when even the
elements themselves seem to con-
spir to the feeling of desoIation?"
So speak the gloomy souls.
They know as all of US know that
Thanksgiving Day is the day set
apart for the annual festival of
thanksgiving for tie years bless
ings but they do not see the
blessings.
Last year at Thanksgiving time
they were sure we would be at
war in a few weeks they set
the date so many dates that
never happened. They were sure
England would fall, that they
would never withstand raids and
deprivations- They were sure the
Russian-German coalition would
be too strong for the world. The
nj thing they were confident of
was disaster.
Let's see what has happened.
The low countries have fallen.
France lies helpless. The Scandan-
avian countries have been over
run. Greece was devastated but
In a battle of ThermopoIae that as
far surpassed the ancient heroism
as this war has surpassed the wars
of the ancients. But-the coaIit-
ion is broken; the conquered coun-
tries are seething with revolt,
even against the greatest odds;
England still stands firm, united
and courageous. With US. we
have still not declared war, but
within the country is arising, des-
pite an avalanche of Nazi inspired
propaganda, a sense OF cooper
alton, a national unity which is
our best safeguard of defense.
Slowly but surely we are struggl-
ing to a sense of responsibility, of
ideaIism, of high morale. Spirit
uaIIy we are becoming armed for
any crisis the coming year may
bring forth.
Thanksgiving is the expression
of gratitude for devine mercies.
Not only can we give thanks this
November-but we must. We,
who still have peace, whose shores
war has not penetrated, who still
can enjoy the blessings of free
dom have a solemn duty to re-
ioice and give thanks unto the
Lord for his many favors bestow-
ed upon US as individuals and as
a nation. In the spirit of thanks
uivinq for the devine favor of the
past year, and with a deep and "a
biding trust in His mercies in the
future we must celebrate this day
of Thanksgiving, 1941 as a UNI
TED people in a UNITED States.
The Omaha guide., 1941-11-22
MRS. FRANKLIN D. ROOSE-
WELT NAMED HONORARY
CHAIRWOMAN OF ALL STARS
VS.. YANKEE GAME

New York, Nov. 10 CAMP -
Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt has
consented to become honorary
chairwoman of the committee in
charge of the charity football
game to be played at the Polo
grounds Sunday, Nov. 80, between
the Colored All Stars and the New
York Yankees.
Active head of the charity or
eanization is Commissioner SAM
The Omaha guide., 1941-11-22
TWO RECEIVE ONE YEAR
SENTENCE FOR UNEMPLOY-
MENT COMPENSATION
FRAUD

Chicago, Nov. 10 (ANP) NUM-
cipal Judge Erwin j. Hasten SEN
fenced James r. Bell, 33, and Car
ter Ashford, 80, to one year each
in county Jail on charges of de-
frauding the state of $4,000 thru
fake Unemployment compensation
The Omaha guide., 1941-11-22
Councilman Powell Begins Harlem Fight
CONFERS WITH MAYOR ON
"CRIME WAVE"

VIII VIA YIN YIN
"cRIME WAVE"
New York, N. Y. (NNS) Adam
Clayton Powell, Jr., pastor of the
Abyssinian Baptist Church, elect
ed last week to the City Council
of New York has started to make
good his promises made while a
candidate.
The first colored member of the
City's Council stated to the pres
that he intends to Fight discrim-
nation in city contracts and fran
chises. in the giving Of con-
tracts to firms that won't EMPLOY
Negroes; discrimination in the Pc
ice Department: in the pubic
schools, in the city colleges and in
Harlem itself"
In referring to the SO called
crime wave" in Harlem DR.. Pow
ell said: Most of the actual crime
you hear about is on the fringe
OF Harlem. But, if our Police De-
partment and some of it's mem
bers in precincts on that fringe
are against the Negro, what atti.
tude can you expect other people
to take ?"
In a conference with Mayor La
Guardia the newly elected Coun-
Gilman made the following recon-
mendations: ~ That colored pa
trolmen and detectives be included
in the precincts on the fringe Of
Harlem, where colored and white
homes are intermingled; ~ That
exchange" meetings Of colored
and white youths be held in set
tlement houses, libraries, churches
and the YMCA in Harlem.
Fast OF the heels of his elec.-
ion to the Council came the form
alton, under his sponsorship of the
Peoples Committee" it's aim, to
bring together the Negroes and
Puerto Ricans in the Harlem area
and use their organized strength
to get jobs for them.
The organization, he said, would
be "nonpartisan and o politician
and has been developed from the
Peoples Committee" formed to
elect him to the Council.
The Omaha guide., 1941-11-22

claims. The two men, former
claim-takers in the state unemploy
ment compensation bureau, plead
ed guilty to the charges. Bell had
defrauded the state of $500 and
Ashford, admitted taking $4,000.
The Omaha guide., 1941-11-22

lican party"
If Mailman leaves, there will be
a void in the party which will be
hard to fill.
The Omaha guide., 1941-11-22

NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF
AGRICULTURAL AND HOME
ECONOMICS WORKERS
AMONG NEGROES GOES TO
MEMPHIS FOR 1912
Memphis, NOV. 10 (ANP) The
National association of Negro
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-02-28
MERCHANTS TRUST
 TO PAY DIVIDEND
$76,O57 to Be Distributed to Saving DepOsitOrs
 Starting Monday

Public notices of a per cent payment to depositors in the say. ings department of the Merchant Trust company will be made today, it was announced by officials of the bank. A total of $76,057.93, repre- Senting the per cent payment to boost the total paid to savings de- positors to 65 per cent will be made Monday, March 3.
 Depositors will be asked to appear at the bank with their bank books, in order to facilitate the payment. It was further disclosed today that later this year the bank hopes to make 8 per cent payment to de- positors in the commercial depart ment. To date commercial accounts have received 60 per cent of their accounts, and the desire is to bring that total up to the level of the savings account.
 Permission to make the payment was granted by Superior Court Judge Robert L. Munger at last weeks short calendar session of
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-02-28
Only Previous Honor Conferred On Father
 Flanagan of Boys II own
Welfare Association of High School Students Func- iOning Faculty Advisor Gives SummaryOf
 Activities in Radio Broadcast Today

memberships and seven three-year memberships. These awards will be given to those who have done the most for the T. c. A., but the names of the recipients will not be revealed until the dance.
 The Tech lily are sponsoring this annual hop for the T. c. A. and this morning several members of the lat ter group were interviewed over Sta tion WATR.
 Clarence w. MacNiven, faculty ad- visor of the T. c. A., told WATR listeners this morning that the T. c. A. is still doing its best to live up to the aims of the group which are to help any and all Leavenworth pupils in distress.
 At Christmas time," MT. Mac Niven stated, i've gave away $45 in cash and our flower bill averages about SIS a month this year. Our activities have been just as heavy this year as last and we have added an excellent sound equipment and a portable three-way radio, the latter being used only for hospital shut ins."
 Father Flanagan of Boys Town is the only living life-member of the Leavenworth T. c. A. at present, but one or two more may be added after tomorrow evenings program at the central Y,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-02-28

The lease-lend bill suffered a double defeat last evening in the debating tournament sponsored jointly by the Knights of Columbus and the Catholic Youth Organiza- ton of Waterbury.
 Arguing the negative side of the question, Resolved, That the United States Should Adopt H. R. 1776," St. Margaret's c. Y. O. very impress sdvely won the decision of the judges and served notice on rival teams that the must be reckoned with be- fore any championship honors are awarded. A poll of the audience re- vealed an overwhelming sentiment in opposition to the bill. A test of the spectators feelings followed the regular debate. In view of the n- terest shown, the forum feature will be retained in future debates.
 The dictatorial powers which the lease lend bill would invest in the President were assailed by the vic- torious speakers last evening. It wasn't question of fighting or aid- ing Great Britain, but of jeopardiz- ing Americas present freedom and liberties, that should make Amer jeans determined to oppose the bill.
 The affirmative side was upheld by the Sacred Heart c. Y. O. It was their contention that Hitler must be defeated at any cost and that the lease-lend bill would pro- vide the necessary weapons to achieve success, the young speakers maintained.
 St. Margaret's speakers included
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-02-28
No Partisanship In
 Draft Board Staffs
Colonel Ernest L. Averi Cautions Service Board Of-
 ciaIs About Over Representation of Any Occupation

tive of his profession or occupa- tion."
 He explained that the basic idea in providing for such appointments was belief that the knowledge and understanding of each representa- tive of an occupational activity ap- piled to problems in thta field would enable the boards to determine prop CT classification of registrants with a broader conception of essential factors.
 Members appointed from each field of endeavor, Director Averill asserted, should keep in mind that maintenance of national interest must be the primary consideration of each and every member of an appeal board. Each, he declared, must be equally concerned "that the right man is selected and the right man deferred" In this connection he pointed out that there are no group deferments under the Selec- tive Service Act-that each case must stand upon its won bottom" |" He added:
 Work Important
 'Ti1e importance of the work of an appeal board is further empha- sized by the fact that it is the court of last resort in the Nation under the Selective Service System upon questions of deferment because of dependency, as to which there is right of appeal under certain condi- tions to the President of the United States"
 Director Averill also urged ap- peal boards to act as promptly as possible in conformity with fairness on all cases coming before them. In this connection, he pointed out that unnecessary delay in decisions might seriously interfere with the iductino of registrants in accordance with their liability for military tranng, or serously hampe the production of defense industries.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-02-28

Members of Selective Service Boards of Appeal in Connecticut were cautioned today by Colonel Ernest l.. Averill, State Director or Selective Service, to guard careful ly as individuals gaainst any Sus- picion of "occupational partisan ship in their official actions be- cause of the occupational activities with which they are affiliated ln- dividually.
 Director Averill pointed out that a board of appeal, under Selective Service System regulations, must be composite and representative of all major activities in its district. It must include, he said, quoting from these regulations, lone member from industry, one physician, one lawyer, and, when applicable, one member from agriculture"
 4"This provision" he said, may not-and must not-be construed to mean that the representative of any occupational activity sits purely as the representative of the interests of that occupation.
 Responsibility
 "It may not be construed to mean that the member appointed from labor is appointed simply to repre- sent the interests of labor. Nor may it be construed to mean that the member appointed from industry IS charged with the responsibility Of representing the interests of induds- try in the partisan sense. The phy- sician, or the lawyer, or the mem Der from agriculture, is not appoint ed simply as partisan representa-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-02-28

A slate of officers headed by Samuel Mihailoff was installed by the Young Mems Republican club last night at exercises held at Canadian Legion hall. County President Harold Hall of New Haven acted as installing Offi- cer, serving for Paul L. Cornell of Washington, who was unable to be present.
 MT. Cornell sent telegram ex- tending best wishes to the club and its new officers. Following the installation a social and enter tainment program was eajOyed.
 New officers in addition to MT. Mihailoff are: Albert Schiavone and Dr. Louis Thibault, vice. presidents; Daniel Haywood, treaS- urer; Dr. Harold Parkinson, fi- nancial secretary; Cleo E. BOu- chard, secretary; Samuel CerverO, assistant secretary.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-02-28

This morning MT. Sullivan re- ported that a check for $1 was re- ceived from the w. c. T. U., $5 from the Watertown Fish and Game Club, $5 from the Foresters of America and $2 from Joseph Pope. Last evening 8 $5 contrlbu- tion was received from St. Johns Catholic church groups.
 Chairman Sullivan this morning mailed a check for $700 to Litch- field County Chairman William E.. Gleason of Torrington.
 Last year in Watertown only $480 was realized in this drive. This year a sports program enriched the drive by $77.60 which was exceed ingly high in comparison to the small sum realized in Naugatuck, a town about twice the size of this, with a similar program at the Y. Expenses for the sports program here were cut down to a meager $4.50.
 Ably assisting MT. Sullivan in putting this years drive way over the top were w. E. Glover, eBrnard Marcoux, Edward P. O'Connor, and Harold D. Feeley.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-02-28
RECORD REPORTED
 FOR Al INSERTS
$500 Applications Harl- died By Local Branch
 Office Yesterday

A new daily record for this year was established yesterday when B. 800 were registered, Mrs. Alice E. Bradley, supervisor of the Water bury branch of the motor vehicle department on Watertown avenue, reported today. Yesterdays rec ord is the second largest number of inserts issued here in one day. In 1882, there were 4,000 vehicles regis tered in one day and that record still stands.
 Last year the record for a single day was 3,100. Mrs. Bradley said that the local branch expects to reach the 30000 mark, since about 26,OOO vehicles have already been registered for this year. In 1940, she said, there were total regis ration of 23,000 machines.
 Added work has been given the personnel of the local branch by young men who are called to mili- tary service and request that their cars be re-registered in the name of someone in the family. This results In extra work for the staff. Mrs. Bradley said, but added that 1t would possibly help in establish- ing a new total of motor vehicle registrations for the local branch.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-02-28

Boston. Feb. 2s-(UP)-weather forecast:
 Rhode Island-Cloudy; snow this afternoon and tonight, probably heavy late this afternoon and early tonight, ending by morning; clear ing and colder Saturday.
 Massachusetts-Clo with snow this afternoon and tonight, probably heavy tonight in extreme east por- tion and moderated in central and west portions, ending by morning. Cles ring Saturday; warmer tonight, colder Saturday.
 Five Day Forecast
 Boston, Feb. 2S -(UP)- The Weather Bureaus five-day, New England forecast for the period be- gin.aing at 7:30 tonight:
 The temperature will continue be- low normal during the next five days with only small fluctuations indicated. Normals are: Boston and New Haven, Conn.,, 32; Nantucket, 33; Concord, N. H., 26; Portland, Ore, 2S; Burlington, Vt, 24; and Eaatport, Me-, 25.
 Precipitation will total moderate, between 1-3 and 2-3 of an inch, fall ing as snow tonight in Southern New England and tonight and Sat urday in northern New England. Snow flurries are indicated for northern New England toward the end of the period.