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Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1941-10-31
Farm Youths To Get
Government Loans

Both Negro and white farm boys
and girls are being encouraged tc
increase supplies Of foods needed
for defense through pig, calf and
chicken projects, the Department
of Agriculture said this week.
Farm Credit and Farm Security
Administra ions are prepared to
make loans to members of All
Clubs and other rural youth groups
as well as to unaifiliated farm
youngsters with responsible spon-
sors---to help make more such
projects possible than In the past
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1941-10-31
Defense
Training
At
State School
BY Frances Sampson

PINE BLUFFS the nation
gears itself for all out production
Of materials essential to national
defense, the National Defense
Training program designed to train
skilled workers for defense indus.
tries, is being successfully conduct
I'd in Arkansas among Negroes
according to Z. D. PEBBLES, co-or-
dinator for the Defense Training
program for Negroes in Arkansas
A. M. and N. Ceuter of Activit,
The well equipped and beautiful
A. M. and n. College plant is tbs
center of this unusual activity
Glasses are being conducted a.,
he cole ge, and more than five
housand dollars worth Of equip.
ment is being used in some in
stances, twenty-five hours pei
day.
An application Is now pending
for ten thousand dollars worth OF
additional equipment 10 be used to
meet the needs of the defense
training program.
Negroes Participate in Program
Throughout Arkansas Negroes
ire represented as participants in
every phase Of the defense train
ing program. More than three
thousand workers have received
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1941-10-31
Fair Trial
AskedFor
Soldiers

DETROIT, Mich--Feeling
that the six soldiers, mem
bers Of the Saith Engineers
division Of the Gurdon, Ark,
incident, who were placed in
the guard house awaiting
trial, are being made the
scapegoats for the entire In
cident, a committee from the
local s-st /. !. N I'M M ACf'
sent ~ fe1sfs- FAST week to
Secretary of War Henry l..
Stimson, Michigan Senators
Prentiss M. Brown and Ar
thur H. Vandenberg, urging
their support in securing fair
and impartial treatment for
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1941-10-31
Judge
Alvar
Negroes
Millions


SAPuLPA, okla. Thxse ~
sroes won ! 10Lyear coprt iltht ~
y yast ~ 1oEtlns xorth rsaly
|s4l ,sasg \ q as:E :
Cash amounting to $7,413.a86.
together with oil-producing pro-
pcrties, make up the estate which
District Judge c. 0. Beavers held
should 60 to Mrs. Ozora Alexander
Lee, IS; Willie Mayweather, SO,
and Floyd Mayweather, 81, bro
theirs.
Mrs. Alexander, widow, lives
in Claremore, Okla, and the two
brothers work in a packing plant
in Kansas City.
The rocky, 160-acre land allot-
ment was left by on illiterate
Creek Indian, Lete Kolvin.
Mrs. Lee, who vas awarded half
the estate, was described as half
sister Of the Kolvin, and the May
weather brothers, who will share
the other half, are nephews Of Joe
Stevens, the Kolvin woman's Ne
gro husband.
The Sinclair and Minnchoma Oil
Companies, defendants in the law
suit, were instructed to pay the
heirs the $7,413.2s6 in cash, which
represents royalties on oil and gas
produced from the land since 1915
with accumulated interest.
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1941-10-31
A. 7. Jones
Slated For
Trial Tues.

HELENA Especial to So
1t is reported that A. l.
Jones Shelby (Miss.) preach
or charged with the murder
Of George B. Miller, proml-
nent Helena business man,
has been ordered by Judge
Pipkin of Helena to the State
uosnital of Nervous Disease
for examination and observa-
ton. H. ordor
Il was stated, on the motion OIL
tho Prosecuting Attorney hlno
Tav,or. who stated that he tel'
Jones attorneys would probably
rnise the question of his sanity
peter A. Diisch, acting as attorn,
ev for the defendant, argued
against the motion, stating Una.
he told officers ain confidence u
h;s mans TO enter the question oil
;rsanitv. but sail that he had IN
tended for the order of OBSERVE
ton 70 be issued during the reEu'
lar week of criminal court Near
while. Mr.. Taylor said he Is par
ticularly anxiousv that Jones Os
r,urned for trial on November T.
Jones was removed to the e, hosp
"a, earlv this week and will prob
ably be returned for trial by n'N'
Tuesday,
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1941-10-31

full compliment Of Negro officers
for all the 10000 colored soldiers
now ia the u. s. Army including
the four regular Negro regiments
In the name of justice and the
morale Of these men we have made
this appeal to the President. We
remind Walter White and all those
well m aning Negro leaders that
abroad cannot be destroyed by idle
day dreaming. This army business
is no new question of segregation
or non-segregation; this is Mr.
Jim Crow, himself, on the throne
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1941-10-31

training at a total cost Of $780,
10000.
In city and rural schools, this
vast training program is being
swiftly executed. Trained and skill
ed Negro instructors from Jones'
boro to Texarkana and from Fl.
Smith to Eudora are serving their
government in this all important
task, the success of which will de-
termine the maintenance Of demo-
crazy.
In the field of vocational train
ing 1877 classes have been organi-
zed with direct instruction proyid-
ed for more than twenty-five hun
bred trainees. In this service the
United States Government has
spent S75,00.00 in Arkansas for
salaries and maintenance, and ad-
ditional $4o.oUU.oo for tools and
equipment.
In another phase of the training
program, where instruction in auto
mechanics, radio repair and srch
other related subjects is given. 80
classes have been organized with
more than 600 trainees. This ef-
fort has cost $l3, 10000 in salaries.
supplies and maintenance.
Short Unit Courses a.
1t seems that where eligible
workers are Partially skilled and
already employed, a supplementary
training course is offered to make
such persons more efficient in the
performance of their tasks. The
enrollees are selected from public
employment registers.
Other courses, however, ore re-
fered to as pre-employment cours-
es and are designed solely to
prepare trained workers for de-
Tense industries.
Another course, frequently call
ed the "re-fresher" Is offered to
keep the workers trained in fields
where they already are working.
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1941-10-31

perty on account Of his lawful
discharge of the duties Of his
office, or while engaged in the
lawful discharge thereof, or to
iniure his property so Is to mo-
list, interrupt, hinder, or i'm.
pede him in the discharge q
his official duties, each Of such
persons shall be fined not more
than 5000, or imprisoned not
mr, than six years, OF both.
The Association pointed out that
failure " officials u cake AFR.
80 xcsiun WI Negroes hs'
been victims Of previous unpro
voked assaults gave courage to the
people in Arkansas to extend their
tisrespect for the uniform of the
United States to the white Of
ficer in charge of the COMPANY.
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1941-10-31

Regardless of whether the state
troopers were deputized or net
the NAACP said, ".hey violated
Section 81 Of Title 10 Of the
United States Code which provides
IF two or more persons in
sny State, Territory or District
conspire to prevent, by force,
intimidation, or threat, any per-
son from accepting or holding
any office, trust. or place Of con
fidence under the United Stat
e., or from discharging any da.
ties therepf;;.or 70 induce by w 4.
ma1eaa Tied u NJ vrMitad
States to leave any State. Ter
ritory, District, or place. where
his duties as an officer are re-
quired to 1e performed, or to
injure him in his person or pro.
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1941-10-31
President Asked To Act In
Prosecuting Ark. State Police
Failure To Prosecute
Disrespects Uniform

NEW YORK-President Roosevelt has been asked to
settle the dispute between the War Department and the
Department OF Justice jurisdiction in prosecuting Ark
asas State Troopers who threatened and nsuted members
OF the gath Engineers division last August TO- and slapped
Lieutenant Donald Curry and officer in command
Ia letter to the Chief Executive Friday October "a
the National Association for the Advancement of Coored
People declared
There seems to be dispute to the fact that crime
has been committed If It is true that the state troopers
were oepuzed by the military authorities and if they act
Var especially Section 1886 of Title 10 of the United States
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1941-10-31

Testifying 70 ito Army-s high
regard for the Champion as "a
fine example for American youth
of all races" the War Department
issued the following statement
which was made public here today:
"The Army appreciates the high
position which he holds among all
who are interested in clean sports
The qualities which he has
shown throughout his career in the
ring have made the Champion a
fine example for American youth
of all races. The Army is proud
to have him enter the ranks as
an American soldier"
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1941-10-31
Employs Negro
Labor; Denied
Federal Contract
tMNs - - - -

DETROIT Mchhe denied
housing Of
treaM " ' go" -o'"u = oui-
ena the CuriT
of Of
" = " " s-'' - NsssAS. l4SA
Hman stirred storm of protest BY
Of unions has been CHARGED that F. L.
In, The letter from the C1Ier company dated October p states
same rate Ct pay any other employee Some Of them
other capacity for which their Them" -
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1941-10-31
Move For Co|ored Officers
Training School Hits Snag

wv" for white employees and an
for Negro employees ON identifi-
cation badges at the Navy yard,
came from the Navy Department
at Washington. The Rear Admir-
al made this known after strong
protest against the practice from
Theodore Spaulding.
But the Washington Navy De-
partment in answer to a report
on the labelling from the ma
tional office of the NAACP re-
piled simply that 1t would make
appropriate inquiry The letter
was addressed to Secretary of the
Navy Frank Knox and was ans
wered by Ralph A. Bard of thu
Office Of the Assistant Secre
tary.
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1941-10-31

the men.
The men, jailed week before last,
were told the order came from
Battalion headquarters. The COM
mittee's report states: Although
no one in command at Custer
would state what the charges were,
it is reliably reported that the
boys are being held on the order
Of General tBen) Lear of the Sec
ond Army, under whose command
the 94h was serving at the time
Of the (Gurdon) incident.
Talking with some of the sol
diers Of the oath, it was learned
that these boys are said to be
the ones who started the trouble
in Gurdon, Arkansas"
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1941-10-31

borrowing an examination Tues
day, October 16 by physicians at
Chicago's Provident Hospital, the
Champion was pronounced physi-
cally fiji. He is now subject to
immediate call for military service.
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1941-10-31

White Wires f. ID. II.
In a telegram to the President,
it is said that the National As
ISOLATION for the Advancement of
Colored People rejected the pro-
posal, sponsored recently by the
National Negro Council, for an Of
ficer's training school to be set
up by the Nations Chief Execu-
tive for colored soldiers instead Of
their inclusion in the presently es-
tablished program Of the War De-
partment.
The statement Of the NAACP
Included list of some Al names
Of prominent people, representing
cross section Of the country,
who endorsed that organizations
position as result of a poll taken
by it to establish sentiment.
Statement of Brown
Immediately after the news
leaked out that Mr. Viii g, the
NAACP Secretary, registered OPP
position to the Councils plan, Mr..
Edgar G. Brown, director, Nation
al Negro Council, issued state
vent to the press, employing the
views Of the Associates" Of the
Council and also the United States
Government Employees organi-
cation Of which latter group he is
president.
Text of Browns Statement
MY associates and | want q
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1941-10-31

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NEWS of The Week: Presi.
dent Franklin DelanO ROOse-
welt pleads with John L. Lew
is. president Of the CIO'
UNIV, to call off strike set
for midnight Saturday past.
And, ladies and gentlemen,
that is news.
NATIONAL Brotherhood of
~ Railway Employees an
nounced Sunday that it has
opened it's doors to labor in
all fields at a mass meeting
held in the auditorium at the
Arkansas Baptist College.
George T. West, National
President, presided over the
meeting. Mr., West stated that
the organization was indepen~
dent from any other organi-
zation, and motivated with
detectives to help the labor
ing class Of people during this
crisis. and explained to the
domestic help that nothing
they could look forward to
in any organization would be |
of any material help, that !
whatever help they received
would be entirely left to
them.
YOUR not too humble writ
err was present and listened
attentively to the aims and
detectives of the organiza-
ton, of which all sounded
good If carried out as
outlined, so much the better,
or, if aimed and pushed with
integrity and failed The
officers are to be commended
Let's hope for sincerity in
the detectives of the organi-
cation, for, if there were a
time that the Negro needs
concrete guidance that will
protect him from exploitation
Of organizations whose prac-
tices are deceptive, it is NOW.
IN CONVERSATION with a
young man last week who
was employed at a local in
dustry and has been for 13
years, the young man utter
ed in a statement, in the
course of the conversation,
that somewhat startled us.
In discussing the labor situa-
ton, he volunteered the in
formation that he was draw
ing better wages and working
under better conditions at
present than has ever been his
privilege, but he was not sat
isfied with the advancement |
that had been made. He stat
ed fully that he would rather
be working under the juris-
diction of the CIO for half
the money than be working
under the company's regula-
tons, and the reason given
was, the Clio offers equality
and the company can't, under
any circumstances, discharge
you if you belong to the CLIO.
WE left the fellow in his
own precipitous state. He
wasn't to be helped. His
case was one of pitiness. He
had been greatly deceived In
tentionaly or accidentally, we
are unable to say, but we 90
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Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1941-10-31
War Depaf tment Is Proud
To Have Joe Louis Enter

WASHINGTON D. C.-When Joe Louis, following his
bout with Lou Nova delivered himself of that famous
antter punch line Maybe my next fight will be against
Max Schmeng somewhere in No Mans Land and won't
be Iung pches, his victory sentiment found ready
response not only among American youth but throughout
the official upper reaches of the War Department itself
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1941-10-31

AZ lal.i
1t was no trouble fol Miss Burn
ellie johnson, former PhilAndex-
ite, to taks first honors in last
thursdays Fashion and Hair
,tylss En- Wasting shis IswSa
created, hollywood Breeze"
hairdress, styled by Mrs. Annie
L. Francey, operator in the Victor
ia Knights Poro Beauty Salon at
laos Magnolia Street, North Little
Rock.
The gown Of black net and lace
with a taffetta background is an
original design and personally
created by the First Place winner.
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1941-10-31
ORDERED IN"
BADGES

Observation-Disclosures to
Rear Admiral A. Z. Watson, Com
mandant of the Philadelphia Navy
Yards, the order to use the letter
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1941-10-31
Washington Bureau
STATE PRESS

WASHINGTON, Oct 31-The fight for wider partici-
paon OF Negro soldiers in the defense program through
officers training school, already launched by the National
Negro Council has been slowed up because of the behind
thescenes pickering this week to procedure between
NAACP Secretary Walter White and Edgar e. Brown d.
rector of the MIC each side urges President Roosevelt
act.
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1941-10-31
White And {. G. Brown
Disagree On Procedure

NAAC Secretary Wires Roosevelt For ALL
Inclusive Setup MIC Director Brown
Asks F. D. r. To Select DesMoines,
Iowa, AS Training Center
BY James H. Booker and Robert f. Kmbrouph
Washington Bureau
A rL1 DflEc
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1941-10-31

See PLIGHT Page Four
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1941-03-06
by Paul Harrison -.
HOLLYWOOD S Fads, Fancies and Foib|es

HOLLYWOOD, March Be
hind the screen: A Hollywood
mama cornered Martin Greene the
other day and confided that no
body had yet recognized the genius
of her 12-year-old son. Il offered
him TO Metro for part she said.
but they're giving it to Michey
Rooney. You know-studio poll
tIcS!"
1t sounds like dream of the
Mexico City Chamber of Commerce,
but Herbert Kline swears that
there's a Tyrone Power fan club
there whose members are pledged
to worship only from afar and not
to Annoy him when he's in that
country. In fact, they'll fight off
autograph hounds SO that the actor
can have good time.
The movie makers have been re-
quested officially not to produce
any thrillers based on sabotage or
showing any methods of destroying
defense. work. It's deemed Wisest to
ignore the subject as much as pos
might think up a few new ideas
which would be useful to saboteurS
FRENCH FLOCK
TO HOMETOWN
Most of the nations theatres soon
will be showing a series of IL one
minute shorts, plus Commute
subject called Power for Defense"
made by the War Department to
stimulate recruiting. Paramount
is beginning to look like a suburb
Of pre-War Paris with four new
French players there, plus Charles
Boyer The latter, with Micheline
Cheirel. Madeleine lie Beau and
Victor Francen, is in Hold Back
the Dawn" Marcel Dalio. husband
Of Mile lie Beau. has role in "Onc
Night in Lisbon"
They're planning an odd begin
ming for Hold Back the Dawn"
which is about political refugees
trying to get into the us. Charles
Boyer refugee, will be shown
crashing the Paramount lot and
going OH a set where Mitchell Lei
sen is directing Il Wanted Wings.
He says he has had an experience
which would make good movie,
begins to tell his story to Leisen,
and the picture then flashes back
To take up his narrative.
The Ohio censor board must be
weakening. Birth of a Nation"
banned in that state 25 years ago,
has just been okayed for release.
A fellow who has mind for such
details has given me a convincing
statistic en- the decline of blends.
OF % actresses on the covers of
current magazines, 20 arc brunets,
Diana Lewis will make brief and
silent appearance with her hus-
band in Love Crazy. Her photo
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1941-03-06
by Peter Edison
The Inside Track in WASHINGTON

safe line of communications.
Singapore has its weaknesses. 1t
has no fleet. Japan's navy has
made greater progress in the han
ding Of seaplanes from aircraft
carriers than any other power. The
number of men involved in any
campaign in Malaga would not be
large. Latest reports gave the COM
bineo British-Australian force at
100000. Japan has $4,000 in French
Indo-C China. And Singapore, in
addition to its Notifications, does
not have supplies to stand two
year siege
LAST WORDS
LouiSianianS hear that Seymour
Weiss, ex Huey Long aide, is now
the head bookkeeper at Atlanta
and is taking a leaders part in
good government and reform move
ments inside the federal peniten-
tiary. Arkansas diamond mines,
down in Pike county. are booming
again, owing to shortages in cut
stones from the Amsterdam, Hol-
land, centers. Farm Credit Admin
stration looks after the little fell
lows. It's average loan last year was
$780, which it made to 10000
farmers. Cost of administering
each loan was S2.61. Out of the
1895 millions it has loaned since
1918, 10 per cent has been repaid
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1941-03-06
IN THE ARMY

Nevada State JournaD
Veterans of the first World War will
get more than a smile out of an order to
be father, mother and big brother" to
the men under their authority But they
will be even more bewildered when they
read that four sergeants appealed to their
captain for demotion to private.
What the oldsters must get through
their heads is that things are going to be
different in the training camps of 1941
than they were in 1917. The United
States is not at war and ideas about stiff
necked discipline dealt out arbitrarily by
martinets have undergone radical chang
es The Aussies demonstrated long ago
that man can be good fighter without
popping up and saluting every time a
shavetail heaves over the horizon
This does not mean that discipline is
to be lacking, but it does mean that self
discipline can take the place of much of
the shanannigan of the old days. provided
both commissioned officers and non-coms
use a little judgment. Of course, the
phrasing of the colonel'S order is rather
unfortunate. Any hard-boiled sergeant's
gore would rise when he is told to play
mother" to his charges That smacks
too much of pampering, and probably
the buck privates do not like the wording
either.
Somewhere between the arrogance of
the traditional topkick and the babying
protested by non-coms there is a golden
mean where an intelligent officer can
get obedience without requiring all the
gestures of subservience or kicking his
men about. The World War officer who
got the most loyalty from his men was
the one who was impartial, who cared
more for military ability than for mill
tary manners, and who was more interest
ed in how straight a man could shoot than
in how beautifully he could lay out his
messkit in the prescribed manner
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1941-03-06

graph can be seen on piano dur
ing a love scene between William
Powell and Myrna 10y.
A flicker executive who walked
out on his wife and remarked has
been deserted by wife No. 2. The
first one sent him this wire:
Darling, I know just how you
feel"
TAILOR WEAVES
STUDIO SCRIPT
1t could happen only in Holly
wood: Two football teams are play
ing a game in driving snowstorm
in a Los Angeles icehouse, for
tcenes in Little Miss Muffet."
Stanley Davis, tailor, has a $500
a-week contract at Columbia, as
writer. His stories may be a little
on the seamy side.
The prop man with the Billy
the Kid company rugged up ma
chine to blow smoke rings because
Gene Lockhart, who's supposed to
be doing the blowing, gave out after
half an hour of cigar putting. The
device is a tin cylinder with an
inverted funnel soldered on one
end and sheet of rubber stretched
over the other. Fill it with smoke,
tap the rubber out comes ring.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1941-03-06
THE BIG QUESTION

News from the war fronts this month
has been surprising little about fighting,
and a surprising lot about diplomatic
moves. Diplomacy may influence the war,
but in the end fighting, famine or block
ade will win it-and the news has told
little of any of these things. Hitler,
welding his big club over little nations,
has scored one diplomatic victory after
another. Britain has scored couple of
them herself.
But now that Spring is on the way, and
the much heralded second blitzkrieg"
may be expected, diplomacy will have to
take back seat, again. Doing so, it lays
bare the biggest question Of the year.
Can Germany do this Spring what she
failed miserably to do last Fall? On the
field of battle, is Germany as supreme
today as she was in Holland, Belgium
and a crumpling France?
And with the question comes COM
panion inquiry: Has it been Italian weak
ness or British strength that gave the
British victory in Africa.
Only time-and the Spring-will tell.