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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-02-02
Quis|ing Signs
.Ndzi Peace as
Morse Premier
BY STEM HEDMAN
ntI News Service stan Correspondent


STOCKHOLM. Sweden, Feb. 2.
today had signed a
treaty Of peace" with Norway
and all that remained was for the
newly installed government Of Vid-
kun QuiSling TO make it effective.
Adolf Hitler tremendously be-
slowed the title OF prime minis
ter" on Quisling through Reich
Commissar Josef Terboven and
declared:
Tho Norwegian people, uni
fed and strengthened by ma
tionaI socialists (the NaZi
Party, will become an indispen-
sable part of the German COM
munity OF nations"
BY-WORD FOR TREACHERY
QuiSling. whose name has be-
come a by-word for treachery, re-
Piled
"Norway's national interests
will coincide In all respects with
those of Germany"
The ceremonies were carried out
in Oslos castle-fortress of Aker-
shus, in the presence of Quisling
followers and under guard OF
German occupational forces.
Against this background Quis-
ling and Terboven were reported
to have signed the peace treaty
Terminating the technical state OF
war which began April 9. 1910
when German armies invaded Nor.
way with the fifth columnist help
of the Quislingites.
I'm London the government OF
King Haakon repudiated the APP
pointment of Quisling and all his
acts. calling the whole affair
attempted fraud which will not
deceive the Norwegian people. }
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-02-02
Hawaii Victim
Tells Jap Toll

Jack Cole, %, of Caro-. home on
leave while recovering from a jaw
wound suffered AZ Pearl Harbor
on black Sunday declared today
that the Japs got lot more than
they expected even though they
did take us by surprise"
All OF us were really pleased
with the GOODNESS and ability OF
the 'teen-age kids in our outfit"
said Cole, a fire control man,
third class.
Credited with bringing down al
least two Jap dive bomberS, Jack
was struck through the Jaw and
grazed across the knees by enemy
fire while manning an antl-aircraf'
gun aboard a destroyer.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-02-02
Admiral Nimitz
Tells Of Victory
Over Jap Islands
BY FRANCIS MCCARTHY
Unhsd Pres Stan Correspondent

HONOLULU. Feb.A Admiral
Chester W. Nimitz commando.
in-ehief 81 the Pacific feet, said
In a statement today that United
States warShIpS ~ all combat
types took part IN the Nays A.
tack on the Marshall and Gilbert
islands and did extensive damage
with slight losses 10 themselves
Attacking under prearraneed
plan TO blast important japanese
bases and ships. the feet carried
out It's Die scale operation sue
cessfully. NimitZ said
Nrmitz regretted that he could
not a. the moment disclose fur
fher details Of the attack.
His statement added
- am greatly plePS1h with
TIE usrfOrmaEoe of bon oul.ers
and men Of all units concerned,
and particularly with the vigor-
Gus action of commanders In
pushing their attacks home"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-02-02
Ebay Week
Civilians Affected by Ediet
at Fort Wayne

Under a Washington edict. all
warehouse and post employees at
Fort Wayne today are working a
seven-day week in an effort 10
keep motor supplies rolling to war
fronts.
Lieut.. Col. F.. II. BesSe an
nounced that the present schedule
requires each of the 200 civilian
employees TO work a 4S-hour week
to fulfill seven 16-hour days
Within a short time, he speculated
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-02-02
Finances Sound,
Congress Told

Continued from Page One)
here, and IL We lose. whether
the debt is 500, 900, 900, 900 or
$500, 900, OOO. 900 Is unimpOrtant."
Morgenthau said that since the
attack on Pearl Harbor
December Z. defense bond sales ir
this country have taken such ar
up surge that the bureau OF en-
craving and printing is working
"a hours a day 10 turn them out
IN FIGHTING MOOD
~ think this increase Is
mainly because the American
people have got their dander up
and are in fighting mood,
he declared. 1T Is the way lot
Of people who cannot shoulder a
gun have of showing their
patriotism"
In addition Morgenthau told th'
That las far as l am concerned
] will be glad TO see Congress
strike all of the silver legislation
off the books. DlSCOntlnuance
Of silver buying by the govern
ment. he said, would help COM
bat initiation and also would free
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-02-02

the metal for industrial uses.
. That he favored voluntary
savings. through bond sales,
over any compulsory saving
plan. declaring IF we can 90
through this war on a voluntary
basis l am going TO fight for that
UP TO the last ditch"
. That he was still hopeful
his previously announced recon-
mendation 10 slash some ST.
000,000,000 from non defense
spending would he accomplished.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-02-02
JAPs ADMIT ATTACK

( BERLIN. Feb. 2 toffcial Ger.
man broadcast recorded by up
A Toxic dispatch admitted today
that American aircraft carriers
cruisers and destroyers have at,
tackled japanese positions in tho
Marshall Islands, causing Sigh
damage"
japanese losses totaled IS killec
and wounded.
Zone enemy cruiser was set
afre," said imperial headquar-
tiers. "Other ships were consid-
erably damaged and IL enemy
planes were downed."
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-02-02
Buy n Bomber
Wayne Military Courses

Two non-credit courses for men
about to enter the army and navy
will be offered at Wayne Univer-
Slty during the new semester as
two of the late afternoon and eve
ming classes which will begin
Monday, it was announced today.
The courses will cover such SUBJ
iects as military discipline, mill
tary law, chemical warfare and
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-02-02
81 Ship Survivors
Land in Canada Port

AN EASTERN CANADIAN
PORT. Feb. . (INS).-Thlrty-two
survivors of British freightcr
torpedoed by an enemy submarine
have arrived al this port, il was
officially disclosed TODAY.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-02-02

all departments will be operating
around the clock.
The quartermaster's Job Is to
keep 'em rolling and that's what
our new schedule aims TO do"
Besse said.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-02-02
Flee Singapore

CALCUTTA. Feb. 2 GNS).-
Six hundred American. British and
Indian civilian evacuees, including
women and children. arrive
aboard two ships at Calcutta from
Singapore today.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-02-02

fensive positions ir newly dug fox
holes facing the dynamited cause
way, 90 feet wide and three
quarters OF mile long, in readi-
ness to meet an expected japanese
attempt TO force a crossing. A
50-yard breach had been blasted
by Royal Engineers at the Johore
end Of the causeway.
Men of the Leicestershire regi-
Iment, the East Surrey regiment,
the Loyal regiment, the Argyle
and Sutherland Highlanders and
the Gordon Highlanders went into
the lines along with such troops
as those of the Manchester regi-
Iment who arrived, il is now
possible 10 reveal, in a strong
body OF reinforcements.
FLAMES ON JOHoRE SHORE
Beside these British regulars
were the hardened men OF the
Australian imperial force and the
Indians who had fought their way
down the peninsula from Thailand
never once in the long weeks in
equal number with the Japanese.
Through binoculars I watched
from a headland on this be-
sieged islands northern shore the
japanese troops who moved up,
amid the scattered columns OF
smoke which told where British
bombs and shells had found their
mark
Flames from fires on the Johore
shore brightly lighted the cause
way al night.
/ Preparing for a fight which
they knew would be merciless,
and expecting bombardment by
massed japanese planes, the inn
perial troops still marveled at the
ease with which they had evacu-
ated the peninsula.
They had looked for another
IDunkirk. can now reveal But
they had poured across the 60-foot
.cauSeway under a bright moon
without having a shot fired at
them or a single bomb dropped.
Throughout the night Royal
Air Force planes patroled back
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-02-02
IL PLANES LOST


Extent Of the American opera
ton was indicated by the navy's
report that IL planes failed 10 re-
turn from the attack and that two
warships suffered minor damage
II was presumed that al least one
aircraft carrier provided I h
planes.
Although the navy failed tC
state whether Admiral Chester w
NimitZ directed the attack per-
sonally. IL was. nevertheless. a
triumph for Nimitz, who replaced
Admiral Husband Z. kimmel as
cammander-in-chief following the
Pearl Harbor attack.
The islands attacked are i'm.
portant 10 Japan as bases Of opera.
ton from which to dominate the
sea lanes. One of the islands
Vote. was believed to have beer
used by Japan for the successful
raids on the American island OF
Wake.
In addition 10 Vote. other
points attacked in the MarshallS
were Jaluit, Kwajalein, Rio and
Tagoa. Maxim Island, in the Gil.
berts. also felt the crash Of bombs
and shells.
MANY VESSELS SUNK
admiral NimitZ reports that
while no large enemy combatant
vessels were found, many enemy
feet auxiliaries were sunk,
beached or otherwise damaged
extensively" the navy COM
munique said.
Japanese military installa-
lions on shore were hard hit by
naval aviation units and she'll
fire. Many enemy airplanes were
destroyed both on the ground
and In the air indicating aerial
dogfights).
sour naval aircraft struck the
enemy positions with bombs,
torpedoes and guns. Our surface
ships, meanwhile, bombarded
many enemy key shore posi-
tons"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-02-02
Buy n Bomber

Gen. Hugh s. job so n,
Americas Fighting Thinker"
Writes Daily for the Times.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-02-02
Jap Isles Raked
ByU. 5. Fleet

Continued from Page One)
useless Nippon's invasion stepping
stones in the Pacific.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-02-02

What goes on in Singapore
in the Philippines i. Europe
the Argentine or anywhere on
this globe, now has a direct bear
ing on YOU and your own life
-. and what goes on is reported
for you in the Times :. by the
great international News Serv-
ice and the also great United
Press.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-02-02

World news international
news domestic affairs . . all
receive superb coverage! But
news is only part of what you
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-02-02

BUY a Bomber
Evening star., 1942-06-14
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Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1942-06-12

The fastest climbing band in
the country, climbing so fast it's
looming, Is Lionel Hampton's
coming to the State for July en-
gagements,
Organized only in Sept, 1910 in
less than a year Hampton scored
a sensation at the popular Casa
Manana, Los Angeles; broke all
records at the Beacon Theatre,
Vancouver, b. c., broke all re-
cords for colored orchestras at the
Orpheum theatre, Los Angeles,
and all records for ALL orches
tras at the Grand Terrace, famed
Chicago night spot, going in for
six weeks, staying for four months
and setting all of Chicago, literal
ly, by its ears, And these are
just the least of his accomplish
ments in that short space of time.
For the whole of Chicago capt
tulated so completely to his swing
and sweet that before he closed at
Grand Terrace he had been booked
for summer engagement begin
ming July 2Sth at the nationally
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1942-06-12
''m0rniin'
jedge''.


This weeks police blotter is
full Of the names of DRINKS and
butchers. The DRINKS Wen have
with us always but the boys with
the "switchblades' have got to go.
The boys who took 'one too many
and spent the evening as guests
Of the "boys in blue" were w. l..
Bush. TIA Chester, Booker T.
Wesson, Augusta; Sam Cokiegll,
1903 W. 18th st., James jackson,
515 W. 9th ST., d. w. Young,
Pine Bluff and at last but not
least the lady who vacations again
and again at city expense, Edna
Mae Famous. Incidentally the
lodging and taxis charge for drink
ing one too many is $1,000 and
costs.
Next on the docket are some of
tie people who have taking
ways. The first is Louis Robin
son who was convicted of petty
larceny and fined 1926 and costs
next was John Barbee on the same
charge. Brooksey Brantley Of
Hope took a ride on a railoat
train and was bound over to The
state charged with trespassing OF
railroad property.
Next on the docket are tn,
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1942-06-12
--=-------------------------
BateSville News
BY Virginia Smiley

IN THE NEWS Mr.. and Mrs.
Jesse Ford, Mr. and Mrs. C. C..
Waugh and Mr. and Mrs. Thee
Strong attended recent gradua-
ton exercises at Dunbar High
School Miss MILDLY Davis,
daughter of Mrs. Ford and Miss
Jodie Mae Waugh, daughter of
MI. and Mrs. c. c. c. were
members of the class receiving d.
plomas, and the former is here
visiting her mother Miss Alma
Parker of St. Louis is visiting her
grandmother and other relatives
here. g. Just returned from st.
Louis is Miss Willie Marie John
son who reports a pleasant visit
with her sister. From Florida
last week came Mrs. MeSpadden
for brief stay with her sisters,
she will be remembered as Miss
Ola Peel Guest speaker at
the Bethlehem Baptist church last
week was Rev Calcote of Little
Rock who preached for Rev T. L.
White ;, Among the visitors at
Shorter College commencement
were Mr., S. Montgomery, his
mc her Mrs. Callie Cravens, ac-
companied by members of the Mis-
sionary Board of Bethel A. M. z.
Church and Miss Codella Mont
gomery was listed among the grad
yates of the institution. Miss
Dorothy Deal Petty is home from
Shorter College. From Dun
bar High School, Little Rock is
Miss Marietta Waugh. Mrs.
Maude Smith witnessed Shorter's
closing. Miss Cordella Mont
gomefy returned FRIDAY evening,
accompanied hV her guest, Miss
Edith Banks Of Plainfield, N. ].
Visiting here is Miss Eloise Banks
of Little Rock. Dinner guest
at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. FL
! ington Finley ON Sunday was Miss
Alma Parker. Visiting her
Parents from school at Nashville
Tenn, is Miss Effie Nola Finley
daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs. s. T
Finley. Misses Colleen Clay
neice of Mr.. and Mrs. A. NJ. Mil.
Ter and Dorothy Riley, daughter
of Mrs. Sarah St.Claid, students
Of Baptist College are home fol
the summer From Osceola
visiting his sisters this week i.
Mr. Harry Harris 8. Bates.
vile Junior High School had {
successful closing with a large at
tendance.
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1942-06-12
AOP Takes On
Stuttgart

The AOP Arkansas Ordnance
Plant baseball club will journey
up to Slut CART Sunday, June II
to take ON the Stuttgart nine in
what promises to be red hot con-
test. TIE AOP has played four
games this season and has won
every one of them. They have
surrounded themselves with a
neuclus of real ball players and
offer competition to any club that
wants tight playing. All persons
interested in making a trip to
Stuttgart Sunday to see this club
in real action may go for $1.0C
round trip. The buses leave from
Ninth and Gaines SITS. at 1915 a.
m. Doe Jameson, manager and
we'll known Little Rock Sports
sponsor and boxing expert has al
ready at this early stage picked
AOP for the seasons champions.
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1942-06-12
Missouri Pacific
Train POrters
BY Ira c. Saville

was very surprised after read
ing circular published by fell
low employee and to know that he
had the nerve to use government
mail to circulate such propaganda,
and personate individuals. | feel
that every Missouri Pacific Train
Porter has the right to think and
act for himself as an America
Citizen. | further wish to state
TINT the National Relations Board
provides protection, that employ
ees not only had the right to join
unions and bargain collectively,
but also had the right to refrain
from any or all activities. If fur
Their stated that to coerce intimi-
date, or induce an employer to in
terfere" with an employees right
to refrain from such activities
was ar unfair labor practice.
wish to state that the writer
of the propaganda dated June,
1912, should acquaint himself with
the laws that govern labor which
would save him from future dis
grace,
For the benefit Of the writer of
Local No. s, Little Rock, if the
Trainmen, Brakemen, Porters,
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1942-06-12
Trustee Board
Continued from PAGE u

Mr.. Scattergood's statement is
as follows;
wendell Willkie has honored
Hampton Institute and the whole
cause for which Hampton exists
by accepting post ON the Insti-
tute's board Of trustees.
Mr.. Willkie honors the Institute
for the reason that this is the
first and only time he has become
a trustee of any college or uni
versity, He honors the cause of
Negro education at time when
his leadership is breaking down
traditional barriers of race discri-
mination, and opening new ave
nues for Negroes in the service
of their country.
"Mr. WILKES interest in the
Negro predates by many years
the now famous address at Free
dom House just a few months
ago, in which he championed so
vigorously and so effectively the
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1942-06-12
Louis Jordan Claude
Trenier to Play At
Double Attraction
Dance Tuesday

Fun lovers here will be given
a rare treat on Tuesday night,
June 16 at the Dreamland Ball
room when Louis Jordan, famous
composer and entertainer will
bring his orchestra in battle OF
music against Claude Trenier and
lis 'Bama State Collegians.
Holding close to No. | place IN
local juke boxes are Jordan's com
positions, I'm going to Move on
the Outskirts of Town" and :
"Knock Me a Kiss Layout IN
dicates smart handling Of the Jor-
dan aggregation.
Claude Trenier and his 'Bama
State Collegians have clicked
i sharply throughout the country
and it looks like the best is not
too tough competition against the
new arrangements they will have
to offer you.
There will be comedy and plenty
entertainment, but most of all
there will be a rhythmic battle. i.
sweet and hot F!
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1942-06-12

famous Panther Room of Hotel
Sherman in Cficago's loop ten
months after his band had made
its bow.
For any orchestra to land a
major metropolitan hotel with
rational network breadcasts with
in a year of its organization is
remarkable, For colored or
chestra, it's virtually impossible.
Yet Hampton did it.
There are lesser evidences of
the rapidity Of Hampton's rise to
fame, but they all point to his
continued progress to the top of
the ladder. Marshall Field, the
great Chicago department store,
casting about for a name to use
with Mozart's in a full-page adver-
tisement in all Chicago news
papers, and typiiying modern
music, chose Lionel Hampton's
Readers of several newspapers, in
Guiding the Pittsburgh Courier,
picked him j. the outstanding
band ef the year in polls.
this pilc's rating and the oppor-
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1942-06-12
Atty. General
Continued from PAGE y

NNtHtlhueu from rage u
Committee, which, in the interim
Of the State Convention and Of
which, Mr., Harvey G. Combs,
Boyle Building, Little Rock, Ark.
is secretary, will meet in the city
Of Little Rock, Arkansas within
very shor, time. This Commit
tee has, and does exercise plen-
airy power when the State Con-
vention is not In session.
We have appealed to tits Com
mittee to permit us to woe for
our United States Senatorial can
didates and Congressional candi-
dates in the coming Primaries. We
get no answer bu, the echo Of Our
wailing plea. 1t is cur under
standing that under a recent Su-
preme Court decision affecting
such candidates in the State of
Louisiana. prohibits our being de
MED this right to vote. We, there
fore, appeal to you to make a rul-
ing on this matter (if we are cor
recD and so notify the State COM
mittee through its Secretary, Mn
Combs, to accept our petition. We
have been and are loyal Negro
Democrats and citizens at
least 10000 of us have persis.ently
supported the Democratic ticket at
every opportunity, since 1923. We
see no reason for such denial be-
Ing made.
Approaching in advance what
ever you may do for us, we are,
Yours sincerely,
Arkansas Negro Democratic
Association,
By DR.. J, NJ, Robinson, Pres,
j. II, McConico, Sec'y.