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The Omaha guide., 1941-08-30
SEVERE DISCIPLINE FOR
WRONG DOORS SAYS FFF.

In an open letter to Secretary
Of War Henry L. Stimson, organi-
zatioos which include 18 Youth
Committees Of the Clearing House
fod Youth Groups, Fight for Free
dom, Inc, Union for Democratic
Action, Committee TO Defend a.
merica, Council for Democracy and
Friends Of Democracy, declared
that the Incident at Fl. Bragg "Is
more than just a case Of Negro
Determinations is the use of
Hitlerian methods In our army"
The statement added that, "To-
day all are agreed that the fall
Of France can, in no small meas.
ure, be laid to the fact that fasc-
ist-minded officers had no real in
terest in the preservation Of de-
mocracy. We must not forget
this decisive lesson"
eve are confident" the six
groups told SEimson that you
will do everything to make impos-
sible any white washing. Any
one guilty Of wrong doing should
be severely disciplined. Such
punishment will be just, and will
Serve as a warning to others that
ours is a vigilant democracy"
This demand" said Edward Il.
White, Executive Secretary Of the
Harlem Division. Fight For Free
dom, Inc, "on the part Of these
patriotic organizations is further
evidence Of true democracy Ut
work. We are happy to welcome
these fine groups as real Fighters
For Freedom"
The Omaha guide., 1941-08-30
REFUSES TO TAKE BACK
SEAT; ELECTED FROM BUS
RY DRIVER

New York-Because he refused
to give up his non-reserved seat
in the front of a Quaker City bus
to a white passenger, Charles Ed
wards, members Of the New York
Youth Council No. 1 Of the NAA-
CP, was forcibly elected by the
driver and a bus dispatcher at the
Quaker City terminal here Aug
ust IS. The driver has been ar
rested and trial set for Monday,
August 25th.
Edwards was returning on a
round trip ticket to Camden, New
Jersey, where he is employed in a
shipyard. He had no reservation,
but was informed by the ticket a.
gent, 1 minutes before the bus
was to leave, that he could take
any available seat. At about two
minutes before the bus was to pull
out, Edwards got On and took a
vacant seat near the front. Inn
mediately the driver told him to
move back, that a white passen-
ger was entitled to that seat.
Edwards protested that the seat
was not reserved and that he did
not intend to move.
The driver told Edwards that he
would put him off the bus, and
followed the statement by forcibly
ejecting him with the assistance
of the dispatcher. In the melee,
Edwards jacket was torn and sew
eral passengers demonstrated with
the bus driver. Edwards formal
complaint for assault led to the
arrest of the driver.
The hearing on the complaint
was set for two o'clock the same
day. Mrs. Edwards called the ma
tional office of the NAACP and
Attorney Donald Crichton was call
ed to represent the plaintiff. Be
cause Edwards two witnesses
were not available, the hearing
was adjourned until Monday.
The incident is one Of many re-
ported to the national office con-
corning the policy Of various bus
companies operating out Of New
York City to points above the jim
crow line in assigning colored pas
sengers to the rear Of these bus
es. Further action to remedy this
condition is planned by the MAJ
CP. legal staff.
The Omaha guide., 1941-08-30

son County history" said Sheriff
NJ. T. Clayton Of the Person Coun-
ty Jail.",'The damage to the Jail
alone certainly is above $1,000.
There is a bottle plant across the
street from the Jail and the mob
entered that and hurled case after
case Of empty bottles into the Jail.
Throughout, we kept pumping tear
gas at them and sending calls to
Durham and Raleigh for help from
the police and state highway pa
troll. Finally, when sufficient
help arrived, the crowd began dis
persing and we rushed Winstead
to States Prison in Raleigh. He
was never harmed"
Several times, the Sheriff said,
he could hear shooting but no
one was actually hit by a bullet,
as far as he could learn.
The Omaha guide., 1941-08-30
DETROIT HOLDS
MASS MEETING on
ON CLASH BE-
TWEEN MICH.
TROOPS AND
ARK. WHITES

Detroit, Mchgan-Parents and
friends Of Negro boys, members of
Michigan's oath Engineers Bat
talon, stationed near Boughton,
Arkansas, are SO aroused over the
reports of mistreatment of the
soldiers that on behalf Of them the
local branch of the National AS
ISOLATION for the Advancement Of
Colored People held a mass meet
ing at Bethel Church here Sunday,
August oath. At the request of
the branch, Walter White, NAA-
CP. executive secretary addressed
the meeting.
According to information receiv-
ed by the NAACP., nearly half the
100 colored men in the camp have
left to try to get back to Fort
Custer, Michigan.
Stories in the Negro press last
week told how the men were ord
cred off the highway by Arkansas
State police and how the camp
was invaded by armed civilians
who threatened the colored troops.
These Incidents were part of a
series in which southern whites
showed resentment against the
soldiers from the north.
The NAACP. has asked the De-
partment of Justice and the Fed
eral Bureau of Investigation for an
immediate investigation of the Ar
kansas camp and quick reprisal
for those who invaded the camp.
The Omaha guide., 1941-08-30
MISS VONCEIL E. ANDERSON

MISS VONCEIL K. ANDERSON
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry L. Ander-
son of Louisville, Kentucky, ann
ounce the engagement of their
daughter, Miss Vonceil <. Ander-
son, to Mr.. Walter M. Echols, son
Of Rev. and Mrs. K. j. Echols Of
Buffalo, N Y.
Miss Anderson, a member Of the
Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority, is a
graduate Of The Louisville NUM-
cipal College and Atlanta Univers-
ity School of Social Work. Mr..
Echols, a member of the Kappa
Alpha Psi fraternity, il a grad
uate Of Morehouse cillege and At
lanta University. Mr.. Echols has
been appointed recently as a
teacher Of mathematics and coach
Of basketball at a Charlotte, Nor
tn Carolina High school.
The Omaha guide., 1941-08-30
NAACP. RAPS MISSISSIPPI
CONGRESSMAN RANKIN

Washington, D.. C.-Congress-
man John E. Rankin of Mississip-
pi was scored by the NAACP last
week for making on the floor of
the House Of Representatives sin
accurate and dangerous" state
ments about criminal attacks on
white women by Negroes here.
On August 10 Rankin said
"There have been 10 accomplish
ed ravages Of white women by
Negroes in this city since January
1, IS reported attempts and prob
ably 10 more that have been un-
reported"
In a telegram to the Mississip-
pi congressman, the NAACP. de-
clared, 1--WE are informed that your
statement has greatly inflamed
public opinion among both whites
and Negroes in the District Of
Columbia and throughout the
country"
The Association then quoted in
formation received from Edward J.
Kelly, acting mayor and superin-
tendent of the metropolitan police
department of Washington, who
reported three white women at
tackled by colored men since jan
uary 1, two attacked and killed by
unknown persons and nineteen at
tacks on women of both races by
men of both races.
Rankin was asked to correct and
to give publicity to the correction
of his statement.
The Omaha guide., 1941-08-30
FINED AFTER POLICE
CLAIM ILLEGAL SALES

Judge ester Palmer Tuesday
fined Paul Grice, 48 of 1916 No,
18th Street, $25 on a charge of be-
irg keeper Of a disorderly house
A similar charge was dismissed
last month by Judge Dennis o.
Brien, according to Grice's attor-
ney. Clarence Walsh.
Curley Huffman, 81, Of 20O3 N
22nd street, also charged with be-
ing a keeper, was given a sus
pended fine.
Police Capt. Fred Palmtag sait
The Omaha guide., 1941-08-30
OFFICERS KEEP MOB FROM
NEGRO YOUTH

Rixiborough, N. c., &C. All Fri
day night long, a mob Of 500 men,
armed with guns, stones, bottles
asd sticks tried to get their hands
on Cy Winhtead, a % year old Ne
gro youth, who is charged with
the rape of a young white girl, but
was kept back by the police who
threw tear gas on the crowd at
intervals.
1T was the worst night in Per
The Omaha guide., 1941-08-30
TO HONOR DIR. r. A. ADAMS AT GOLDEN ANNIVERSARY
: DAY Al
LABOR
-
=
(by RUTH TAYLOR)

September in Europe what
new horror will it unleash? What
new nightmare Of war will drive
hapless, harried people from their
homes, sending them scurrying
hither and yon j nsearch of shell
ter from the pitiless conquerors
whose bloodlust is never stated?
Here in this land of ours the
first days Of September will also
send people from home-but for a
different cause! Here the first
Monday in September is set a.
part for the celebration of Labor
Day. In contrast with the panic
stricken hordes abroad, here city
jewellers will be rushing to the
country, shore and mountains for
one last golden playtime, a fitting
climax to a happy summer, while
from the countryside and small
town. Thousands Of others will
hurry downward to enjoy the pleas
ures Of city life before settling
down to the quiet Of their calmly
ordered lives.
However, this year the celebra-
ton of Labod Day takes on a new
meaning, an added Significance.
This year Labor Day is not just
a day Of recreation. 1t must also
be a day of rededication to a way
Of life, to a form Of government
in which eacn of US has a part and
where one Of our great holidays
has as its purpose to do honor to
those who work-to all men and
women whose toll and travail has
made the country great.
In the days that lie ahead, even
if the war be kept from u shor-
es, we will all be modified for SER
vice in some form or other, for
the adequate defense of this our
country and for that form of gov
ernmenE which we hold dear.
There will be no room for idlers.
We will all serve and serve gladly.
Whether we serve in positions of
prominence or in the humblest
capacity we are all laborers, work
ing for the good Of the many, that
the rights and privileges which
e been struggled for and won
at such a great sacrifice, may be
handed down to future generations
Labor Day 1941 is not a day set
apart for any one group. It be-
to all of us, whether our
work is Of brain or hand. How
we do our appointed task is the
important thing-not what that
task may be. We cannot see the
end from the beginning or what
fruit u labor may bear. All we
can do is the best Of which we are
capable, working conscientiously
and sincerely at the task Just be-
fore US. 1t may be great Or it
may be menial-but it is work to
be done-and it is our job to do it
well.
We are all laborers in the vine
yard Of the Lord. And in the end,
as in the Parable of the Talents,
the reward is "Well done, thos
good and faithful servant"
The Omaha guide., 1941-08-30

Leadership Training School con-
nected with the conference. Mrs.
Reynolds was elected Unanimous
ly as District President of the
Women's Society Of Christian Ser
vice. Upon the invitation of Miss
Vida Glue, the Topeka District
Conference, Youth Fellowship and
Convention Of Women's Society
will hold their 1912 session with
Clair church, Omaha, next Aug
ust.
The Omaha guide., 1941-08-30
FORT BRAGG PROBES
mot SUFFICIENT"
---SayS A
REPEAT REQUESTS FOR
CIVILIAN-MILTARY BOARD
TO INVESTIGATE
MP

MP SITUATION
New York-Assurances from
| the Department Of War and from
General Edwin w. Watson, on be-
half Of President Roosevelt, that
the killings at Fort Bragg, N. c.
involving military police and Ne
soldiers would be fully investigat-
ed are not sufficient the National
Association for the Advancement
of Colored People stated last week.
General Watson who is secretary
to Mr.. Roosevelt, wrote the NAA-
CP. that General B. o. Davis, as
Assistant Inspector Genedal of the
Army, is in charge Of the Fort
Bragg Investigation and that Gem
eral Gullion, Judge Advocate Gen
eral Of the Army, recently appoint
ed provost Marshall General, has
been charged with the direction
and coordination of all military
police activities.
Supervision of this experience
senior officer should be sufficient
to remove any grounds for charg-
es of racial discrimination on the
part of military police personnel"
Watson wrote.
The NAACP replied, that, with
all respect to General Gullion, his
supervision may not be sufficient,
for this issue goes beyond one of
racial discrimination, though that
is the most acute aspect.
The Association pointed out that
it believes a civilian or civilan-mil-
itary board appointed by the Pres
dent to make a thorough investi-
cation Of the entire military 90
ice situation is imperative, if fur
Their difficulties are to be avoid
ed" It stated that the appoint
ment Of such a board would Serve
to guarantee that no whitewash
ing Of the facts would occur and
it could and should complement
and greatly enhance the value Of
General Gullion's action"
The request that the President
appoint such a body was renewed.
In answer to the NAACP's tele-
gram, the War Department simp-
ly replied that it is conducting an
investigation at Fort Bragg and
that "when conclusions have been
reached, the public will be fully
informed"
On last Friday, Senator Alben
Barkley, was informed in a letter
from the NAACP that the senator
must bear part of the responsible
ity for the outbreaks in military
camps, of which Fort Bragg and
the PRESCOTT, Arkansas incident
where Negro soldiers were insult
ed and bullied by white patrolmen
r dramatic examples. Had the
Senate last February acted with
the same promptness on Senate
Resolution rs as it has on other
national defense matters, it is en-
tirely likely that these grave out
breaks could have been avoided,
the NAACP said.
1t was emphasized that it is still
not too late for the Senate to act
on this matter, and that the whole
national defense program is be-
ing jeopardized by the destruct-
ion Of morale not only of Negroes
but also of other elements Of the
pOnI1lati0n.
The Omaha guide., 1941-08-30

Tuskegee, Aug. 25 (ANP) Fac
ing squarely the fact that Negroes
m woefully lacking in technical
skills and competence as trades
men, and that the nations crying
need for mechanics and trained
craftsmen cannot be met by Negro
wOrkmen because of a fragrant
lack OF skill and training, the Ma
tional Technical association will
hold its 18th annual convention
here, Aug. 20, 80 and 81 to consid-
er the situation.
The convention theme is: "Train
ed technicians for National De-
fense," Richard C. White, presid-
ent of the MIA, has issued a call
urging alias ISOLATION members to
be present for the opening session
Friday, Aug. 20, at 200 p. m. in
the William G. Wilcox Trades
Building.
President F. d. Patterson joins
the Tuskegee chapter of technic-
ians in extending a warm welcome
to the delegates. Negro architec-
tural designers, craftsmen, sani-
tary engineers from all sections of
the country will begin pouring in
to Tuskegee Thursday, to see Hill
yard Robinson of Washington, the
first Negro to have a contract to
build an air field for the United
States government. This TOO
acre, $4,000, 900 construction pro-
ject hat Uncle Sam has turned
over to Robinson is four and one
half miles from the Tuskegee
campuh and is to be the Goth Pur-
suit squadron base. 1t will be a
high spot of interest during the
25th anniversary of the American
Tennis association. Robinson is a
programmed speaker.
Carpenters, masons, plumbers,
and electricians will be interested
in the national "get to gether" be-
cause Of the opportunity to hear
Calvin McKissack of McKissack
and McKissack, Negro construct
ion company, that is turning archi-
t.ct Rayinsor's blue prints into
hangers, mess halls, shops, offic-
IS and barracks of wood and steel
almost over night. McKissack
has first hand information for a
revealing close up of Negro techn-
icians, good, bad and Indifferent,
in the building construction field.
Young Negro graduates with
the signatures on their degrees in
civil engineering not yet dry-and
many not so young-wil seize the
opportunity to attend the annual
meeting Of the national technicians
to see in the flesh a Negro engin-
eer who has done a 100000 job
for a state university, built rail
rad bridges for the traffic of
transcontinental streamlined pal
ace cars, sewerage systems for
cities whose Negro population is
negligible. This Negro of unique
achievement in a world Of white
civil engineers is A. Alexander Of
Des Moines, Iowa. Alexander is
another programmed speaker fo1
the MIA. He is contractor fo1
the Tuskegee flying field where
the famous Negro college Of the
The Omaha guide., 1941-08-30

a Negro on his staff, taking the
position that recent outbursts in
Firt Bragg, N. c., and in Arkansas
Indicate the low morale in army
camps and point to the necessity
for immediate and sympathetic
treatment Of the situation.
The Omaha guide., 1941-08-30
A Treat for You

Will the June Grade School
graduates please phone in their
names and addresses to the Guide
no later than this week. 1t is
very important.
The Omaha guide., 1941-08-30
NAACP QUESTIONS NEW
MORALE CHIEF ON
OF NEGRO
TO STAFF

TO STAFF
New York-With the appoint
ment Of Frederick H. Osborn to
be brigadier-general and in charge
of the Army's morale division last
week, the National Association for
the Advancement of Colored Peo-
pie made inquiries Of the new
morale chief if he would appoint
The Omaha guide., 1941-08-30

Grice and Huffman start bootleg
cling every night after the legit-
innate places Close"
The Omaha guide., 1941-08-30
Negro Engineers, Tech
nieians Meet at Tusk'gee

NATIONAL TECHNICAL ASSN.
CONVENTION WILL STUDY
AVIATION AND MECHANICAL
PROGRAMS WITH EYE TO
FUTURE
Evening star., 1941-09-15
Last Units Of 29th
Are Being Conveyed
To A. P. Hill Today
10000 Troops Are Moving
South by Trucks,
Some Through District

Movement of approximately 10000
troops by motor convoy today COM
pleted the migration of the 29th
Division from it's home base at Fort
George G. Meade, Md, to the A. p.
Hill Military Reservation in Vir-
ginia for preliminary maneuvers.
One OF the largest conveys moved
through the District this morning,
while other units skirted the city to
avoid traffic congestion.
Under present plans, the division
will remain encamped at A. P. Hill
for about two weeks before moving
South to participate in large-scale
maneuvers of the entire 1st Army
in the CarolinaS.
A 100-truck convoy moved troops
from Fort Meade to A. P. Hill yes
terday, bringing to nearly half the
divisions strength the number sta
toned at the reservation by the end
| of the day. Most of the trucks re-
turned Immediately to aid in today's S
movements.
Shortage of trucks made necessary
the transportation of troops yester-
| day, officers explained.
En- route to the Virginia reserva-
ton, the convoy made a 50-minute
stop on the heavily wooded roadside
of Highway 301 near Waldorf. Md,
to allow the men to attend religious
services conducted by First 1t.
Martin L. Shanner, chaplain of the
Special Troops Unit.
Evening star., 1941-09-15
Tukomu Park Lions Club
Plans Charity Carnival

The Takoma Park Liens Club will
hold carnival for the benefit of its
charity fund, beginning today and
continuing through Saturday, on a
lot on Georgia avenue near the
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Station
In Silver Spring.
Chairmen of the various stands
appointed by President Robert E.
Lohr include William McCeney, A.
l.. Hatfield, J. Douglas Bradshaw.
Robert Bennett, Robert L. H. Jones,
Oliver w. Youngblood, Harold J.
Stevens. De Witt Zook. Mr.. Lohr,
Frank Many, J. Arthur Walters,
Warren Haley, Donald Lamond,
Lawrence Lampson, Ralph Seebold,
George Cook. Ralph Shure, Roland
Bishop, Charles Klinck. Milton Der
rick, John Post, Joseph Carr and
Alfred Lille.
Mrs Ralph Seebold, Mrs. Lohr,
Mrs. w. M. Schoenfelder and Mrs
Bradshaw are in charge of the ferris
wheel.
Evening star., 1941-09-15
Likelihood Grows
That Firms May Be
Near End Of War
Talk Of Separate Peace
With Moscow Ruled Out,
However, by Tanner
BY the Associated Press.

by tne ASSOCIATED freSs.
HELSINKI, Finland. Sept. 15.-
The possibility that Finland may
be near the end of her war with
Soviet Russia was heightened today
by the declaration of a government
spokesman that there are good
hopes of peace in the nearest fu-
ture"
Any talk OF a separate peace with
Moscow was ruled out, however, by
Vaino Tanner, Minister of Trade and
Communications and leader of the
dominant Social-Democratic party
In an address to the nation yester-
day.
He stressed that Finland was an
ally of Germany only by accident
and that this country would con-
tinue to fight only as long as her
interests demanded.
ut is for us an entirely defensive
war, with the aid of which we de-
sire to obtain secure frontiers and
lasting peace" Tanner said. What
ever is needed to secure this must
be done, but there our task also
ends"
Finland, he added, never wanted
war, but he declared that since
"barbarous and eXpansioniSt Russia
is a neighbOr our long frontier is
still insecure and it is probably
essential that We should render
areas beyond it safe in a military
sense. Before that there is no pos
sibility of concluding peace with
anybody"
Tanner declared the Finnish peo-
pie mot only have not the slightest
confidence in the Kremlin rulers,
who have broken all previous agree
ments, but since the Soviets will
Evening star., 1941-09-15
Guns and Bombs Injure
Two Score in zagreb
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
ZAGREB, Croatia (Via Berlin)
Sept. 15.-Blasts of four time
bombs in Zagreb's central telephone
exchange and of hidden machine
guns in another part of the city
wounded tWo-score persons, one of
them a German major, in Sunday
outbreaks.
Maj. Moehring, Signal Corps Of
f1cer assigned to the staff of the
German liaison officer at Zagreb,
suffered head injuries in the tele-
phone exchange explosions which
crippled the city's telephone system.
A German lieutenant, four Ger
man soldiers, a German telephone
operator and seven Croats also were
injured.
Six Croat sentries were cut down
by machine gun fire from a rooftop
in another part of the city.
Evening star., 1941-09-15
White Russian Leader
Is Slain in Shanghai
By the Associated Press.


SHANGHAI, Sept. 15-N. A
IvanoW, chairman of the pro-
japanese Shanghai White Russian
Emigrants' Committee, was killed
today by two gunner while enter
ing his law office in the Interna-
tional Settlement. Police said they
thought the gunner were Chinese
Yesterday Sergei Mamontov. who
was closely associated with IvanoW
in the committees activities, was
shot and seriously wounded while
riding in the French concession.
Both attacks were believed by Of
ficials to have been protests against
the committees cooperation with
the japanese military.
Evening star., 1941-09-15
Finland Is Devastated
And Hunqry, Moscow Says

MOSCOW, Sept. Is (P.-The
newspaper Pravda said today that
Finland was devastated, hungry,
poverty stricken and facing the fu-
ture with the greatest anxiety and
that many Firms begin to realize
that the adventurous policies of the
dishonest rulers of Finland have
brought the country to the edge Of
the precipice.
There was no change, however,
from the two-week- old statement of
S. A Lozovsky, vice commissar of
foreign affairs, that reports of i'm
pending peace between Helsinki and
Moscow have no basis in fact.