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trolled imitation" Defense councils

trolled imitation" Defense councils
are asked to name retailer COM
mittees, using established retailers
associations, to plan action by all
retailers for uniform application Of
restrictive Government orders, to
organize advertising and display
personnel. to avoid scare advertis-
ing and to organize training classes
for sales forces to meet consumer
reaction to price control, rationing
and substitutes.
Aided Army Day Observance.
o. c. D. was also used by the
President to promote Army Day
observances. It sent q number of
suggestions to defense councils, urg-
ing them to advise their communi-
ties to walk instead or ride to the
parades; provided slogans, and sug-
gested songs and the use Of the
flags Of the United States.
1t also was asked to help the
Ofiice of Facts and Figures In its
campaign against rumors and it
started New England newspapers
printing the Axis lie of the week"
Briefly, this is the progress report
OF current activities given out by
o. c. D. ON its protective services:
The Civil Air Patrol with an H.
man office has enlisted 40,500 vol
unteers for flight duty and ground
crews. Volunteers in their own
planes patrol the coasts, carry cargo
previously transported in Army
planes, and do other specific odd
jobs such as spotting from the air
auto graveyards for salvage pur-
poses in California.
The training and inspection sec
ton, which gets out the manuals Of
instruction, has now revised many
of them to eliminate contradictions
has finally settled down to definite
policy on most of the things that
were changed back and forth over
night and Is working more closely
with the Army all along the line.
Plant Protection Work.
Plant protection schools have in
structed 5000 plant officials In 20
States so far on camoufiage, black
ing out, AFRAID signals and other
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reported yesterday in announcing
1t was repossessing from civilians
more than 1900 rifles to be turned
over to troops Of the United Ma
tions.
At the same time an appeal was
made to sportsmen who own q 1908
model Springfield or 1917 Enfield
to turn 1t over to the Army II In
condition for military use.
Sold to Rife Clubs.
The War Department said 44,14S
Of these weapons were sold to mem
bers Of the National Rifle Associa-
ton to foster civilian craftsmanship
in peacetime. These will be repos-
sessed along with a few weapons
sold to members Of independent rifle
clubs.
Springfield and Enfield rifles
issued to the State Guard and to
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Federal Security Administrator Paul
v. McNutt. The Arts Council under
Melvin Douglas. which also came in
for its share of Congressional at
tention, is now under the operations
division of o. c. D., headed by Hugh
jackson.
The Arts Council, incidentally,
consists of Mrs. Selma Hersch and q
secretary instead of the corps Of
specialists originally planned. Ac-
cording to o. c. D., Mr.. Douglas is
asked constantly to do jobs for the
Arts Council on the West Coast,
which he accomplshes while max
ing a picture which will probably
keep him engaged another 10 days.
He has not been to his office here
since his short stay following his
appointment.
o. c. D. says the Arts Council has
more work than it can handle in
supplying talent for Government
uses. There is a possibility that the
Arts Council will be shifted out Of
o. C. D. although nothing definite
has been decided on that score.
Information Group Small.
The high-powered information
division charted by o. c. D. in its
more f1owery days-containing sec
tions on publications, radio, moving
pictures and display-has been held
to about half a dozen persons despite
the fact that the information divi-
sion was divorced from the Once
OF Emergency Management, effec-
tive March 81.
E. A. Sheridan. formerly s. E. c..
executive assistant and more lately
in the War Production Board Bu-
reau OF Industrial Conservation, was
brought in about a month ago as
special assistant to 0. c. D. Direc-
tor James M. Lands and at pres
ent heads the information division.
One Of his first jobs was to arrange
for the answering Of thousands of
letters from people with legitimate
questions about civilian defense.
The letters had either gone unan-
swered or had been merely 'ac-
knowledged with an unfulfned
promise to supply the requested In
formation later.
Instead Of setting up a number
OF sections, Mr.. Sheridan Is using
existing facilities of other agencies
to do the information job. Such IA
cilities include large-scale mimeo-
graphing machinery and poster art
lists among other things. Releases
out Of o. c. D. average IL a day.
Liaison Agency Shelved.
A branch known as Federal
agency haison" has been shelved.
Instead Of having liaison men from
o. c. D. contact various Federal
agencies, Dean Lands introduces
the o. c. D. oficial who has to do
the job to the Federal agency that
wants it done.
Jonathan Daniels, who heads the
civilian mobilization division, says
1t has no program OF its own, that
1t is merely a service agency for
the various Federal agencies who
have to sell their programs to the
people. Getting those programs
distributed on the community level
and advising local defense councils
how to organize their towns for CO.
operation is the civilian mobiliza-
ton job.
Latest selling job requested Of
o. c. D. comes from the ONCE Of
Price Administration. In the latest
News Letter, official bulletin Of O.
c. D., is an explanation Of o. P. A.
as "our watchdog against uncon-
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Army military police battalions will
BE- recalled. Shotguns will fully
meet their arms requirements" the
War Department said.
The roundup effort was announced
shortly after Senator Russell, Dem
ocrat. Of Georgia made public a
telegram to Secretary Stimson pro-
testing the recall Of rifles issued TO
the Georgia State Guard.
Oflcials refused to comment on
the protest.
None for u. g.. Troops Use.
None Of the recalled weapons, it
was indicated, are for use by the
United States Army forces which
are armed with the new firing
automatic Garand. This, like the
older model rifles, fires .30-caliber
cartridges.
The roundup order marked new
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PORCH 1 FLOOR
enamel

Monad. Use outside or
inside on floors Of wood,
cement or linoleum.
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phase OF Army ordnance history.
Nearly 1000, 900 Enfields Of a Brit
ish design were turned out for the
Army during the First World wsr
because the Springfield, then the
Army's standard, could not be pro-
duced fast enough.
At the start Of the present war,
many OF these were in storage.
Several hundred thousand were
turned over to the British after the
battle Of Dunkerque and others
went to arm the Filipinos.
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O. G. D.
Continued From First Page.)

tCOnClnueQ ETOIl rlISC FdScJ
tive assistant in youth activities, at
$500. Miss Seaver Is still on the
National Volunteer Participation
Committee, but without compen-
sation.
Samuel S. Ericsson, assistant busi-
ness specialist In youth activities,
at $500.
James Ward, who held an un-
specified Job in youth activities.
II Disposed Of Earlier.
Disposed of earlier were the four
$6,500-a-year men on the inspectors
general staff and the 13 Know Your
Government officials, some Of whom
served without compensation while
others rated salaries ranging as
high as $4,000.
The highly controversial physical
fitness section was bequeathed to
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PANEL DOOR

Douglas Fir. 2 or 5 panel,
Ia" thick.
s si,. = ny so-ases. ,lse:. s4.45
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SCREEN 1 STORM
MBINATI0N
DOOR

Never need be taken
down. Screen and glass
panels easily changed.
81. 81 . ~ s3..so., sa1es' $500
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A dollar down and . dollar . week
VIII buy lot Of things-but the best
buy on the market Is our freedom.
So use your dollars for Defense
bonds,
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Army 10 Repossess
$4,000 Rifles Held
By Civilian Groups
Springfields and EnfieIds
To Be Turned Over to
United Nations Troops

BY the Associated Press
State Guardsmen and Army mill
tary police battahons will be armed
with shotguns, the War Department
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Lattice Moulding

For trellises. arbors and
many other uses. Smooth
strips, ia" wide. Il.
Lin. It. ......... I1s
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ROOF PAINT

Pure Lnseed OIL and Red
Metallic. Our
dai;an fiafss quality. $500
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1942-08-29
Sympathy And Support For India

RECENTLY A NUMBER OF NATIONALLY Prominent
Negro Leaders have called upon the American Negro for
greater sympathy towards and support of the campaign
of the people of India for freedom and independence from
British Rule basng their call the proposition
that the freedom of the people of India intimately tied up
with the freedom of the Negro people of America
Believing in the ideal of Christian civilization and de-
mocracy the American Negro should and is not without
full measure of sympathy towards and support In
dian campaign; and possessed of full measure of adma-
ton for the and wisdom of Gandh Nehru and
other Indian leaders, That such true however should
be based any proposition idea that the American Ne
In position directly analogous too closely similar
to that of the people of India.
In the first place the American Negro neither vassa
nor subject but American citizen entitled to and claim
ing by heritage and sacrifice ancient any other
many every right and privilege of other Amer
can citizen; while the people of India possessed of claim
perhaps three older than the British Empire is seek
ing the exclusive title and right their land and cou
Ject nation and people
Again, while seeking the full rights and privileges of
American citizen admittedly denied him in certain areas
OF American life the Negro has been attempting to adopt
for himself patterns and techniques political and civil
action III carrying his fight and in meeting problems
thus presented For the American Negro to aopt the prom
oStOn and idea that he living under conditions too direct
y analogous similar to that of the people Of India
logical implication is to adopt the patterns ecnnuues of
political and civil action of the Indians in their
campaign of civil dsobedence and non-cooperaon with the
British effort in India
While extending the fullest sympathy and support 70
the people of India and to the great India nleades Gandh
and Nehru to yellow, brown black and white men the world
over who labor and live under the oppressors woke while
demanding and fighting for equality along with all other
OF our fellow citizens with regards to patterns tech
nques of political and civil action and conduct as Negro
American citizens, first and always be based
upon the complete funess of effort support of the
haons war effort and for victory the Axis Powers
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1942-08-29
GOV. ASKSQUIz
IN ATTACK ON
MO. MINISTER

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. =
(ANp)-Gov. Forrest c.. Donnell
has declared he would ask Prose-
cutting Attorney David e. Blanton
of Scott county for an investigation
and report on an attack against
the Rev. J. 3. Ross, itinerant min
lister. after he referred to the
lynching of Cleo Wright IN a SER
mon preached at st. Louis last
Wednesday. ,
The Rev. Ross, minister in the
CINE church, divides his time be-
tween st. Louis and Sikeston. On
Sunday he preached on the lynch
ing, then went to Sikeston where
he spoke.
Upon leaving the Sikeston
church. a mob pursued the minis
ter to the Frisco railroad station
where he boarded train for st.
Louis just before the mob reached
the platform.
Gov. Donnell's attention was
broght to the incident by a protest
from David M. Grant, chairman
Of the complaint division, ST.
Louis unit, of the March on wash
ington committee.
Sikeston was the scene last jan
uary of the lynching of Wright. for
which state and federal grand juries
failed to indict any ore.
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Vote Suit
CONTINUED from Page II

qualifications of an elector and are
denied the right to register solely
on account of their ace and color,
violates the Fourteenth and FIJI
tenth amendments to the ConStl-
tuition of the United States"
1t charged that the registrars
Rufus Bethea, Sterling j. Foster,
Herman A. Whisenettpracticed
"habitual and systematic regis
tration discrimination and con-
spired with each other and others
unknown to deprive "the plaintiff
and other Negroes of their right
to registration.
1t further charged that the Reg
istrars "wrongfully refused and IL
legally failed to register the plain
tiff on June 9th solely on account
of race, color and previous condl-
ton of servitude." and that the
plaintiff and members of his race
as result were suffering irrepar-
able injury and threatened with ir-
reparable injury in the future by
reason of the acts here in complain
ed"
Complainant described the man.
ner in which the plaintiff on June
9th is alleged to have filled out
an application form, read portions
of the U. S. Constitution, answer
ed correctly questions asked, an ex-
hibited tax receipt showing thai
he had paid tax on property in ex-
cess of $500 but was refused regis
tration. It alleged that similar
forms were filled out for the white
applicants, who we're asked nc
questions, but on the other hano
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ciuZenS CT the British Isles but
foreign subjects of the British en-
pire.
a. The American Negro Is q citi.
zen of the United States, by all the
law that is,-and native born,-
older American as q total racial
group than are the whites as
total group.
GANDHI NOT A TRAITOR
Gandhi, therefore, is not COM
hitting treason against his own
country in India: he is standing
for his country, India, even if with
doubtful wisdom, and is both
morally, legally and actually diff
ferently situated from the Amer
lean Negro.
Any American Negro acting as
Gandhi has been acting, should
either have long ago been put
into Jail for 20 years Or shot,-or
else the law of civilized nations is
a sham The American Negro, one
tenth part of the citizenship OF
his own country, even though he
has just grievances. cannot seek to
redress them in the way of the
people of India, who are not only
many thousands of miles away
from the English nation but ere
also Lr 1G times as numerous.
The American Negroes problem
is a domestic problem. The prob.
lem of the man of India is a for
eign problem in it's main outlines.
A Negro in the United States who
refused to pay his taxes or to reg
lister for the army, is simply a
common criminal. One Of Gandhi's
men who commits the same fail
ures, is simply a protestant or a
disobedient servant In the yees of
the local laws of the Indian states.
he may be considered differently.
SEES NO PARALLEL
There is no complete parallel of
similarity between the Negroes
problem in the United States and
the Indians problems in the
British empire. They both have
something which they want, anG
II think ought to have, but they
will have to go after it by differ
ent methods and different routes
But going back to India: Since
we wrote the foregoing paragraphs,
we read in the press that Gandhi
and his associates are asking, OF
at least have now begun to ask
not that British and other united
nations should withdraw their
forces from India during Ihe pres
ent war, but should sign UP
guarantees to leave India when
this war is finished.
That is a reasonable proposition,
which England should agree to,
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1942-08-29
Woman Sues To
Recover Teeth

BIRMINGHAM, Ala.-(SNS)-
Mrs. Lizzie Wilson, represented
by Attorney Cora Thompson, is
suing the Grand Worshipful
Grand Lodge, A. F. and A. M. OF
the State of Alabama for a set OF
false teeth.
The plaintiff claims that she
bought a set of teeth from dem
fist. according to information, To-
Gated in the Masonic Building, and
carried them back for adjustment,
but before she called for them the
dentist had been arrested for not
paying license fee. That her teeth
remained locked up in the dem
lists office, and when she asked
lodge executives to get them for
her, they refused. And that since
Dec, she has been without her
teeth. The case is set for hearing
il Judge Thomas r. Lea's Court
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QUESTION OF INDIA By WILLIAM prcnrns

WILL GANDHI make THE mis-
take? He may, for when that old
fellow sets mis- head to course, he
usually sticks to it, come hell OF
high water. In my judgment 1t
will be his great mistake If he
leads India out Of the society OF
the united nations and into the
claws of Japan and the company
of the fascists. There is no doubt
about what the past ought to have
been. but a real statesman faces
the present as it is, and the near
future as he can best see it.
Thank heaven, this is the United
States, where I can express my
honest opinion to you and YOU do
not have to agree with it. But you
cannot forbid me to express it,
and / thank heaven the United
States for that-Sometimes / hear
Negroes saving that the colored
citizens of the United States Shoun
emulate the people of India
that is, they should act toward
their country as the Indian peo-
pie threaten to act toward Great
Britain. People often draw parallels
that way, where the conditions are
vastly, even dramatically differ
emit. Consider these differences:
/. The people of India are located
in India, and the British people
are in the British Islands,-many
thousands of miles away.
2. The American Negro is in the
United States, and so are the
American whites,-face to face
with and all around and in and
among each other.
3.The people of India are not
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Policeman Held
Continued from Page u

Negro in uniform he saw.
Reliable information also saws
that Tullis had to be operated on
and that four inches of his in
testines had to be removed. No de.
tails of the shooting can be OBJ
tanned from Fort Bliss.
SIGNS STATEMENT
Officer Moon made a signed
statement in court, but until last
Saturday, three weeks had pass
ed since the shooting and net a
single word on the incident had
been filed at police headquarters.
This failure to make a report has
caused Negroes to wonder how
many colored soldiers are being
shot in the South without any
record beng made of the same. 1t
is also held by members of the
local NAACP, which is pushing
the charges against the officer,
that failure to file report is par
tiaI indictment Of Moon because,
if he were sure he had acted with
in the law, he would not have mac
to hide the incident.
Chief CT Police Robey told the
press that South Oregon was a
troublesome spot and that he had
tolG the officer &c get the situa-
tics under control"
The special officers signed story
says: 81 arrested Tullis in the
Louis cafe after an employe of the
China Town cafe told me that a
Negro private had kicked in q
door. Tullis pulled away from me
and drew a knife.
81 then struck him across the
head with my club and broke the
club I told him that he was under
| arrest, and told him to put the
knife away, and drew my pistol,
Moon said.
HE jerked away again, ant
handed the knife to another Ne.
gro. I grabbed the kniwe, anC
told him that he was under ar.
rest. and that he must not resist
again. :.
HE jerked away, tearing hi
shirt, and I hit him on the head
with the barrel Of the pistol Wher
I grabbed his arm, he jerked loose
and ran.
II called to him to stop two o.
three times, and then shot twice
at the Negroes legs"
A bullet struck Tullis near th'
left hip and came out through hi;
ABDOMEN.
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Continued from Page IL
man lied and that there are scares
on his wrists to prove that the
confession was forced "by razor
blades that these people used
'They beat me with rubber
hoses at the army post-They told
me that if I beat the charge the
Ku Klux Klan wauld make every
thirg all right"
He ended on the bitter note
They tell me this is free coun-
try for everybody"
Contact with the local branch
NAACP revealed that it is in cor
respondence with the national Of
flee. No official statements were
issued, but it is believed that the
case may be appealed.
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Forsyth, Ga.

FORSYTH, Ga.-Pvt. S. E. Rut-
land Of TT. Benning was home last
Weekend Mr.. and Mrs. Morris Rut-
land entertained with a delightful
bridge party. The guests included
many of Pvt. Rutland's friends.
Misses Oracle Battle and Rosa
Moore returned from Georgia State
College. Miss Rosa Moore spent the
day in Atlanta Monday.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1942-08-29
ATLANTA BUGMAN
DRAWS $1,000 BOND

ATLANTA, Ga.-(SNS)-
Bond has been set at $1,000 for
Jesse L. Kimball, 80, who Yves re-
portedly arrested yesterday on
charges of possessing about $4,000
worth of lottery tickets.
The arrest was made by Dekalb
County policemen and Kimball
was held at the Decatur Jail on the
charge of operating a lottery"
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Appeals To FDR

Continued from Page -
that the youth had been placed.
Sidney Mason, business manager of
Local 1925, wrote:
II am very glad to inform you
that we have contacted Mr.. An
derson and that he is now employ
ed by the Polarizing Instrument
Company, located at 125 Perry ST.,
NYC, war plant organized into
a Union"
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SouthCaroIind
PastorUrge
Conversion
BY MARY E. MEADOWS
ATLANTA, Ga. -(SNS)-

~ = = ~ NFrNs NkJIVkJJ -
Rev. J. G. Coiclough, pastor OF
Sidney Park CINE Church, Column
bus. S. c., preached at the II
o'clock hour Sunday morning at
the Peoples Free Methodist church
of which Rev. H. .. benson is
pastor. He developed for his
theme, "The Glory of Gods Min
GRITTY" In this stirring message he
warned, that if the church is to
be saved in this present world
crisis and brought to it's rightful
place, the people must be con.
verified soundly.'
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FREE ENTERTAINMENT

The committee has under con-
tract the famous Gentry and
Sparks Carnival Company At
fractions, which concern has a
number of wonderful rides, whips,
Merry Go-Rounds, etc. The show is
owned by Mississippians and is
reputed to be clean in every re-
Spect, as well as safe for the kid
dies. There will be fun for every-
one in attendance.
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Food For Victory
Continued from Page -

Defense Day; School Day and
Fraternal Day. The Associations
general chairman is headed by
MIS-. Lula Graves, prominent club
woman of Rankin County. while
the health division will be III
charge of DR.. L. A. Smith. noted
physician of Jackson with the
Educational Department in charge
by Mrs Rosa B. Jackson of East
jackson.
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$7,5OO,OO Is
(Continued from Page u

cry of the fortune.
The money which is now tied up
in litigation might be taken to the
United States Supreme court or
appeal of the four oil companies
which are protesting q state dis
trict judges decision that award
ed the estate to a Claremone, Ok
lahoma, widow and two Kansas
erS.
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WILL HALL

WILL HALL
ELBERTON, Ga.-Funeral services
for Will Hall were held from the
Whites Chapel church here last
week with the Rev. Mr.. Mayfield
officiating Interment in Church
cemetery.