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Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1941-09-13
Urqes Abolition
Of Prison Camps

Abolition of state convict camps
upon completion Of their current
road project, after which prisoners
and highway contracts should be
awarded to the counties, had been
recommend Saturday by the
Georgia Senate's Penitentiary Com
mittee.
In its report, release Friday by
Glenn Rainey of the State Prison
and Parole Commission, the COM
mittee agreed with Governor Tai
madge that Georgia's much-criti-
cized penal system is the best in
the nation.
The report singled out for
special commentator two prison
camp Wardens who had been par
doned by Governor Talmage from
life sen.arces for murder. They
were identified as Ed Gobel, war
den of the Laurens County camp.
and his twin brother, Fred Gobel,
warden of the Coffe County con-
vict camp. There are declared
among the "most humane wardens
in the state.''
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1941-09-13

The committee recommended
abolition of sweat boxes, iron picks
attached dto prisoners legs, mora
frequent paroles for certain types
of prisoners, retention of all pris-
oners until free of contagious dis
eases and Segregation and classifi-
cation Of prisoners. Solitary con-
finement buildings to be con-
structed of lumber not less thar
seven by six and half feet, with
a barred WINDOW Is inches square
in two sides of the building were
recommended to replace "sweat
boxes
Thereport noted that reports al
ready had been made on the Rising
Fawn camp il, Dade County ane
the state camp in Hancock Coun-
ty. A coroner's jury ecided that
at Rising FaWn convict Lewis Cor
don came to his death last month
as the result of inhumane treat
ment in being confined to 2
"sweat box The warden, c.. A.
jacobson, has been removed.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1941-09-13
Briggs Co.
Is Reported

Z DETROIT, Mich.-(SNS) - AL
though the Briggs Manufacturing
company here wants all the rivet-
frs they can get, theree affidavits
sent to the Presidents Committee
on Fair Labor Practices in the last
two weeks, charge the company
with refusing to employ Negro
workers.
{ The National Association for the
Advancement of Colored People re-
ceived copies Of two more affida-
wits, made August 81 and % by
Kenneth Offet and Frank Smith of
this city, who were referred to the
plant for work by the Michigan
State Employment Service.
TURNED DOWN
I Offet's statement claims that he
reported to Briggs with four whites
also referred by the employment
service. They were all qualified as
aero-riveters. According to Offet
the first two whites were hired, but
when his interview turn came, the
employment managr told them
there was no more hiring that day.
/ On returning to the employment
office, Briggs says, they were
shown cards which stated that
briggs was calling for all the riv-
eters they can get" The next day
the three went to the plant again.
Offet claims the first white boy
was taken, but Offet was asked if
he had not been out the day be-
fore. He said that he had and fill
ed out the necessary application.
According to the affidavit, the
employment manager said, 'The
Michigan Employment Services
knows there is nothing doing out
here. You will have to wait until
you are sent for"
About 20 of these men were hired,
Smith says, some of them after he
had been interviewed. He asserts
that the employment manager ask
ed him to fill out another applica-
ton blank although he already had
one son file. The affidavit states
that Smith was told he would be
sent for IF anything turns up,"
and THAT he should come back
once IN a while
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1941-09-13

driver insisted that because they
were colored, they had to sit in the
extreme back of the bus and that
if they didn't they would be put
of.
They were put off.
The driver also refused to give
them their bags, the statement con-
tinues, but told them they would
have to get them at the terminal.
Mrs. Hydes' appeals that she was
cold and needed her coat had no
effect
j. Cumming, regional manager
of the Greyhound Lines, told the
NAACP he would report the result
of the comspany's investigation of
the case.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1941-09-13
Round Table Forum Pledges To
Wage Fight Against Prejudice
Discrimination
Termed Harmful
To Naf'I Defense

WILLIAMSIOWN, Mass. -
(ANP)-In a fight to break
down discrimination and intoler-
ance, the Williamstown Institute
of Human Relations had drawn
up a new program to combat the
evils Of prejudice and discrimina-
ton existing in colleges and uni
versities.
In a recent five-day confer
ence, in which six round-table
discussions were held daily, the
institute issued statement urg-
ing business, schools, youth
groups, churches and social or
CARNATIONS to join in a concert
ed attack against prevalent con-
ditions. The conference was COM
posed largely of faculty delegates
and students from colleges and
universities, and numbered more
than 800 in all.
ADMIT DISCRIMINATION
DR.. George N. Shuster, presi-
dent Of Hunter college, reported
that all participants in the con-
clave, admitted the existence Of
discrimination in their respective
schools in selection of faculties,
exclusion of some groups from
fraternities and actual use of
classrooms. and the enforcement
of quota systems as a means Of
preventing growth of anti-mi-
nority sentiment.
Reporting on the problem of
discrimination Of labor, business
and industry, DR.. Alfred McLung
Lee, executive director of the In
stitute OF Propaganda Analysis,
stated in round table confer
ence composed of industrial rep
resentatives the damaging conse-
quences of discrimination can be
seen especially at this time when
all possible man power is needed
for defense industry purposes.
He told of instances where
groups could find ways in which
to lessen the prevailing prejudice
against minority groups, and ad~
vocated the setting up of a sys-
tenn whereby those interested in
combating discrimination can eff
fectly presen their case to en-
ployers, labor leaders and con-
sumner groups.
UN-AMERICAN POLICY
Dr. Lee emphasized. the point
that certain employers require
that they be permitted to hire
only American citizens, but that
these citizens shall not be Ne
groes, of German extraction, of
Italian descent, of Jewish relig-
ious beliefs, of oriental, or of
Mexican origin.
Special placement bureaus, es-
tablished for the purpose of work
ing along lines of employment Of
all citizens, were urged for the
program. DR.. Lee further said |
that it was thought the National |
Conference of Christians and |
Jews could be instrumental in ex-
ending inter-group cooperation.
in opposing discrimination in en-
ployment, in continuing to devel- |
op factual digests of use IN
fighting discrimination in person
mel policies and in aiding the mod
Of personnel policies
more directly through the spon-
soring of local community prof.
ectS in this field.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1941-09-13

Mrs. Hydes charges that she and
Miss Mayor boarded the bus at
1:45 a. m. in Baltimore and took
unreserved seats about the center
When Miss Mayor, after about a
half hour, stood up to close the
window, the driver stopped the
bus, says the affidavit, pulled to
the side of the road and told the
women to take seats in the back.
They refused, pointing out that
their tickets entitled them to sit
anywhere. 1t is claimed that the
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1941-09-13
Here 5 Happy Way 10
Wake Lazy lnsides

Year in and year out spicy,
aromatic BLACK-DRAUGHT has
been a standby in thousands of
American hcmes. Your drug
dealer will verify that!
The reason? If constipation
has you logy, uncomfortable, take
some BLACK-DRAUGHT to-
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1941-09-13
Sack RObber Is
Given Eight Years

Alex Minis, the youth who re-
portedly used a paper bag to hide
a stick while robbing several liquor
stores recently, Friday was SEN
fenced to total of eight years
imprisonment by Fulton Superior
Court Judge Hugh M. Dorsey.
The robberies said to have been
perpetrated by Minis all occurred
in the northeast section. 1t was
testified that in each robbery Minis
carried short stick in a paper
bag and pointed the bag at the
clerk to obtain from $50 to $3.50 in
each case.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1941-09-13

night by the simple directions and
see if it doesn't give you gentle,
thorough, satisfying relief.
BLACK-DRAUGHT is made
from purely vegetable ingredi-
ents. One of them is a tonic-lax-
alive that helps to tone lazy in.
intestinal muscles.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1941-09-13

scenes from the 99h Pursuit Squadron
ere Upper left l. Maj Gen Weaver,
ing center commanding officer addressing inaugu
ration OF s9th Pursuit Squadron. Stated
officers from Maxwell field, Capt. b.
<obnson Front: Pres F. ID. E
Washington, Capt E. H. Holland, Chaplain, w. Kelly
Upper right q Eight of the make I'm the
INITIAL unit OF the 99h Pursuit Squadron
tells them of the receive from the
life of Booker l. Washington during their
Left center 3: National Defense
to apane
center A. Charles Foxx, Tukegee
Right Center s. Aero-mechanic Humb
tho aIPlane engine to from the class.
Lower left 6: In the field
Under construction for the training military flying
Cadets Contractor A A Alexander (igh
and
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1941-09-13
Women Charge Bus Driuer
Elected Them On Highway
Even Refused to Give Them
Their Baggage, Victims Charge

NEW WORCESTERSHIRE Pennsylvania Greyhound
Lines has promised to question the bus driver who put Mrs
Dorothy Hydes and Miss Lote Mayor off bus route
from Baltimore Nd to New York. because they refused to
take seats in the back of the bus, the NAACP announced
last week.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1941-09-13

Not a single one of the American
Federation of Labor unions has
removed from its Constitution tn
proviso limiting membership t.
Gentle, white, Americans"
A smattering of jobs have beer
obtained in scattered industries, but
for the most part the aircraft in
dustry, which practiced the mos
pernicious color exclusion policy
has stubbornly refused to lower
its white only signs.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1941-09-13
LEADERS ARE BLAMED

The fact that 1T has not brought about the de-
sired result should be attributed largely to our
leaders who blandy accepted it a panacea for
the economic ills which have afflicted Negroes as
a long before the present national emergency.
Even President Roosevelt foresaw that the order
itself would not serve to change the prejudced be-
liefs of many American union leaders and indus
trialists busily engaged in turning out
weapons to insure the perpetuaton of the free
American way OF life
That is why he the necessity of setting up
the Fair Employment Practices Committee. And
this committee, which includes two members of our
race remains powerless unless these widespread
cases of employment discrimination reported The
committee itself ferret these color blind
employers.
MUST ROUSE OURSELVES
We must rouse ourselves from this false belief
that the Executive Order will automatically open
long-closed avenues of employment. The order must
be seen In its true light 1t is merely tool to help
prize open these DOORS not the
The fight for jobs must be started again with
renewed fury and continued without letup until the
undemocratic practice Of barring Americans from
economic opportunity because of color is wiped out
forever
Every one of us must make ourselves COM
mttee of to report instances of job discfinna-
ton to the Presidents Fair Employment Practices
committee A constant flood of these reports should
be started and continue undated until the tragic
plight of colored Americans in the midst of this
national defense boom is recognized
Wshful thinking and begging will not get re-
suits That is not the American way of doing it.
All of our achievements in the past have come
through fighting. And to battle must now rally
if to get anything like fair share of en-
ployment resulting from the present emergency
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1941-09-13

The Globe TrOtter
Bv cliff Maekay

the chief result of its issuance has been to lul those
who previously were conducting the militant cam
paign for jobs into false sense of achievement.
This situation of is not chargegable to the
President. The Order, unquestionably was issued in
good faith, even if the nations white press did find
it expedient to clamp down upon it one of the most
rigorous censorships in world history.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1941-09-13

LITHONIA, GA big barbe-
cue was given at the school on
Labor Day for the purpose of
raising funds for the lunch room.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1941-09-13
GOVERNMENT WORST


Most adamant of all employers in refusing to
give plack workers an equal chance with other Amer-
cans is the government itself fairly definite pat.
tern has been set by the government in the employ
ment of Negro workers no matter how brilliant
they may be, or how well qualified
To those few who have luckily slipped through
the tight color line drawn around MANY federal civil
service jobs, promotions simply not in order.
good example is the Fourth Corps Area Quar-
telmasters Office located in Atlanta For years the
lovy position of messenger in this office has been
labeled for Negro workers only. That was when
tie job paid $50 month. Since the emergency the
messenger positions have been placed under civil
service and the pay increased to 500 monthly All
the Negro messengers, but two, have disappeared
and white men have taken their places.
REMAIN MESSENGERS
The two Negro messengers month in and month
out remain just that-messengers. White youths
start messengers and after the passing of two
three months certified as Junior clerks at the
higher pay Of S1440 annually Other white messen-
gers quickly take their places, although there is a
long list of Negroes who have qualified for these
positions. This is but isolated of the many
hundreds that could be cited.
President Roosevelts order remains for the most
part conspicuously ignored. From all appearances
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1941-09-13
The Fight Is Not Over

THE PRESIDENTS memorable Executive Or
der calling for the removal of job discrimination in
industries is more than two months old, but IN
most instances the barriers erected by Gly-Whlte
unions and prejudiced employers remain undisturb-
The Valley settler., 1941-10-17

NOV emenC SUapted by JACK
Cope in 1858 has developed into
Sportsman IS Club composed Of men,
beos from Anchorage and Palmer,
and has resulted in the planting
Of game birds in this area.
Seven hundred and fifty dol
lars were subscribed by club men,
bers for the purchase Of Matching
eggs, feed, mat erials for pens,
etc. and cons dorablo time and
labor was donated by individuals.
Nuch credit is due the Alaska
Rural Rehabilitation Corporation
for itsf contri but ons in getting
the project underway.
Two thousand five hundred
Chinese Ping ne cleod Pheasant eggs
were purchased from tho 4cFarland
Game Farm in Wisconsin. One hun
drod pheasant eggs were donated
by Ualla Walla Penotonti arv Game
Farm, end a hundred Gluzker Par
fridge eggs were obtained at q
cost Of 4OG each.
Tncuoat1 On ana broodino fac
llltiGs wore cOntri out ed by the
4. R. K. C.
The Alaska Garao Conrli on
generous ~ Furnished it's share
OF feed.
5+ucil 81 coura cement was e7x-
porioncod in developing the small
birds to q stage at viii CHI thoy
could be released, as FOR example
from the 100 Ch}ll1lcer Partridge
eggs, only 6 birds lived to be
turned loose.
Birds were liberated at var
ious points, ranging from the
mix hay flats to the Butte Scott O.
and north toward Fishhool1 and
loose Creek, and today flocks Of
these birds may be soon in many
parts Of the Valley from the old
town Of Knil1 to the l remi CT Coal
Nine.
The largest flock SO far re-
ported consists OF approximately
The Valley settler., 1941-10-17

Mt. View Club met at the
Otto Nelson Homo, October 9.
Officers elected were: Pros Mrs.
0. Nols on; Vice-pres. Mrs. c.
Stri ck1or; Sec. -Troas., 1,rs. II.
Dinkcl. The noxt nc citing Will be
held Nov. Il at the Jonscn home
at viii Oh inc Hrs. Dinl1e1 and Ars .
Cars on Wi IL present q lesson On
making chi ldren s furni turo and
toys.
The Valley settler., 1941-10-17

Spruce Grove II. NJ. Club met
at the Bonner hons, October 7.
OFFICERS elected were: Mrs. Ivan
vi 1son, Prosident; lIrs. Il. Caulk-
ms, Vice-fres idont; I.rs. c. Hunt.
ley, seer etary- treasurer. The
next meeting Will be held nov.
at which t inle MRS. C. Di ess wi il
demonstrate the making Of FOOT
stools.
The Valley settler., 1941-10-17

It is at pres ont un1aVful to
kill either pheasants or partrid-
gos, Let each and every one Of
us protect thom, until thoy have
increased to such number, that
on open season may be declared and
good bird hunting can be enjoyed
by all.
The ultimate success Of
the project depends almost en-
tirely on craftsmanship among
the hunt ers Of the community as
natural condi lions hero SOON to
be ideal for the prop cation Of
the pheasant and partridge.
The Valley settler., 1941-10-17

Civic Confer H. NJ. Club mot
at the Cooper homo Uod. October
8. The following off Gers wore
elected; President, Hrs. r. Ear
hart; Vice-T res idont, Mrs. Pat
terson; and Socrotary-troa suror,
lIrs. Carl wilson,. The nc-,t moot
ing Will be hold at the L. Earhart
homo Wod., October 81.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-10-01
Belle Starr Petticoa Terror Opens Today at the Ro
Erskine Hawkins
Here Wednesday

Trying 70 get an interview with
trumpet-plsying Erskine Hawkins
who Is scheduled for a personal
appearance with MS orchestra At
Brad's Century Wednesday, oct.
/ is something like trying to con-
eentrate on q particular blade Of a
revolving electric fan.
The twentieth century Gabriel.
currently the idol Of the nations
swing sddicts has a peculiar knack
Of getting the cart before the
horse when il comes to answering
questions about himself.
You simply cannot get him TO
complain how tough his life has
been! He will emphatieally insist
that II all went toward making
rungs on the ladder of fame. Hell
proclaim that his entire ambition
Is to be a good provider to his
wife and family and 10 continue 10
bang out hit tunes while play
ing every ballroom, park and the
alter in the country.
And. he'll admit, that the only
way TO accomplish his desires Is
to 20 in there and pitch.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-10-01
Taking Applications
For u. S. Civil Jobs

The u. S. civil service commits
sion announces examinations soon
for the following positions:
Specialists in maternal and
child health. inspector of aeronaut-
ical engineering materials, tool
makers and machinists.
Information may be obtained re-
garding examinations from c. o.
Payne in the Tacoma post office
building.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-10-01

Lovely Gene Tierney. flaming
new personality. won the role Of
the beautiful bandit queen opposite
Randolph Scott. who portrays Sam
Starr. the daring guerilla leader
who loved and married Belle.
Belle vas a far cry from the
rough frontier woman her two-gun
history might indicate. Studio re-
search experts uncovered the fact
that she patronized masseuses TO
keep her figure OUTRAGEOUS and
went to the best dressmakers IN
Chicago and New York to enhance
her allure.
Furthermore. II is said that she
never fired shot when a smile
or flash of neat ankle would
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-10-01
'Sarong Lady
AT the Rialfo
Dorothy Lomour
And Jon Holl Stor

Parsmounts Technicolor sdven-
ture romance. "Aioma Of the
South Seas" starring Dorothy La
mour and Jon Hall. opens today at
the Rialto theater. Comedy. thrills
and melodrama crackle through
out the length OF the picture which
features an all-star supporting
cast including Lynne overman.
Philip Reed. Katherine deMille.
Fritz Leiber. Esther Dale and
many other screen favorites.
Lynne Overman has a comic
field day as "Corkey." only white
man among South Sea natives He
serves as the tribal princes pal
and trusted counselor 10 the island
chief His wisecracks provoke no
end OF laughter as he portrays a
mixture of a lazy beaeh-comber
and politico who is wise 10 all the
native angles-especially the one
involving Dorothy Lamour.
Dorothy is IN love with the
island prince. Jon Hall His jealous
cousin. Philip Reed, Is in love with
Dotty. Ranging from love scenes
In hidden glsdes. to walloping fist
fights and menacine intrigues' the
youthful triangle rises to a spec
tacular climax when the islanders
invoke the anger Of their native
gods
Miss ours streamlinet
sarong - the pareu - leaves little
doubt that she still retains her
title. First Lady of the Sarong.
As the companion film. Richard
Arlen and Jean Parker Share
honors in the aviation drama
"Flying Blind"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-10-01

do the trick.
The usual conception Of Belle
is all wrong. said Director Irving
Cummings. she was a beautiful
Southern girl whose reeklessness
ran away with her.
The film opens in Bellies home
in Carthage Missouri. at the close
of the Civil war and shows the
developments that turned this shell
tered but headstrong girl, pass
ionately devoted to the cause OF
the South. into a daring desperate.
Despite her two-gun activities,
Belle found plenty Of time for love
and had many sweethearts.
The second feature brings Rom
aid Regain IN Nine Lives Are Not
Enough. "
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-10-01

Your postmaster can tell YOU
how to invest in u. S. Defense
Bonds.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-10-01
Ginger Rogers on
Beverly Screen

Ginger Rogers looks At 1871
with greater expectations than
have greeted any year since she
stepped on the stage Of the New
York Paramount. Aug 4. 1928,
with Paul ASKS orchestra for
three momentous weeks which
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-10-01
Raising the Ante!
W7JW UVIIIIAlVtNNwW

Here 2 WIKI LNf ldT VII Dc
starting tomorrow:
First run houses will charge b
cents from opening time until 5
IN the afternoon. after which the
price will be so cents. On Sun
DAYS and holidays. the price viii be
so cents after 2 in the afternoon.
Second run houses will charge
Is cents until 5 in the afternoon
and IS cents during the remainder
of the afternoon and evening.
At the subsequent run houses,
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-10-01

Ginger Rogers. os the tele-
phone girl, keeps three men os
fioncees ond keeps oil three
hoppy. Admittedly q hord
Job.
brought her a bid 10 appear in the
Broadway musical. Top Speed
followed by Girl Crazy and
then into the movies.
She greets 1a41 enthusiastically
because II sees her launched on
the nations screen in bright, ro-
mantle edy Rko Radios
Tom. Dick and Harry" her first
film since winning the coveted
Academy Award as the best
actress OF 1910 because of her
superb work In kitty Foyle."
This is her career:
Gained movie stardom in 1888
when teamed by RkO Radio with
Fred Astaire in Flying Down TO
Rio
Made a number of smash hit pic
lures as dancer. but at the height
of that phase she quit dancing to
assume dramatic roles, winning
blue ribbons anew in Bachelor
Mother" Fifth Avenue Girl. v
Primrose Path" Kitty Foyle,"
and currently in tom, Dick and
Harry"
The last named picture opens n
return engagement at the Beverly
theater today. THE Black Cat
featuring Basil Rathbone. shares
/ the screen.