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The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1942-09-12
Auditing Committee OF
Negro USO Fund Drive
Makes Report

At a meeting held recently in the
offices of Prof. W. w. Blackburn, the
auditing committee of the Negro USO
Fund Drive made the following re-
port:
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1942-09-12

Five of the eighteen Negro Officer
candidates of the Chemical Warfare
Service School are shown here salut-
ing the flag at EdgeWood Arsenal,
Maryland. They are, from left to
right, William Fl. Land, 1923 East
Madison Street, Baltimore, Maryland,
Of the 9th class, who majored in
chemistry at Lincoln University;
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Gentlemen:
The Women of the Sixth Congress
sional District Federation of Colored
Women's Club of Mississippi wish to
express to you our support in the
program for rehabilitating the mis-
guided Negro youth of the state In
order that the fullest benefit may
accrue to these young people and to
the State as a whole, we respectfully
request that you give consideration
to the appointment Of a Negro as
superintendent of the home.
This request is based upon the as
sumptions that: L. Contact with
members of their own race will in
spire the young people to higher
achievement. 2. Al Negro superin-
tendent is more likely to understand
the mental inhibitions and drawbacks
of Negro children better than a man
whose thinking and social and eco
nomic patterns are entirely foreign.
Respectfully yours,
Sixth Congressional District
Federation of Colored Wo-
mems Clubs in Session, Hat
tiesburg, Mississippi.
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Maurice L. Sisson, 10th class, Tou-
galoo College graduate and his first
year of pre-medic work at the Uni
versity of Iowa before entering the
service. His home Is at 4159 South
Park Avenue, Chicago; James w
Mugerson lives at 1000 Stanford Az
enue, Flint, Michigan. He Is a men,
Der of the 9th class and Ia q raduate
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of the Ugniversity of Michigan.
Henry e. Anderson, a graduate of
Wayne University, of the 10th class,
lives at TIA McDougall Street, De-
troit, Michigan. Lavada W. Cephas
of the 9th class, is a graduate of the
West Virginia State College. His
home is at s2s 18th Street, Leria, @
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1942-09-12
Federated Club Women
Petition Trustees OF
The Delinquent Home

The Board of Trustees for the
Delinquent Home for Negroes, in
care of DR.. P. Fl. Easom,
State Department of Education,
Jackson, Mississippi.
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1942-09-12

for the training and preparation OF
the youth.
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Leave Hawaii,
Civilians Warned

HONOLULU. June % GNS).-
Lieut.. Gen. Delos Emmons. mill
tary commandant for Hawaii,
today urged all civilians not en-
gagged in war work TO evacuate the
islands as soon as possible.
He warned the populace not to
be lulled into false sense of
security because the japanese had
been driven back from Midway in
a smashing defeat.
That the enemy would not at
tempt 10 regroup his forces and
use every weapon at his disposal
for a new thrust at the Hawaiian
Islands. Gen. Emmons said, was
the most dangerous kind of wish
full thinking.
The general issued instructions
for the registration of non-esSential
residents so that arrangements
could be made to take them back
to the United Stataes.
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Wdrships Clash
In Dover Strait

LONDON, June % (UP).-
British and German light naval
units were believed in action in
the Dover Strait early today while
British airplanes were raiding
enemy occupied territory and Ger
man planes bombed Southampton
and other points on the south
coast.
Residents along the strait heard
the bursts of light guns and then
OF heavier ones and could see the
explosion of pom-pom and tracer
bullets, apparently from naval
craft.
In night operations British
planes attacked railroads and air.
dromes in France, Belgium and
Holland and laid mines in enemy
waters. One mine-laying bomber
plane is missing.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-06-22

MOS COW. June 22.-Russian
forces are defending Sevastopol
yard by yard against German
siege troops which had forced a
wedge in It's northern defenses,
said today.
Masses of heavy tanks smashed
into the northern defenses yester-
day. reports from the beleaguered
bastion said, but Russian resist
ance was continuing along the
entire battle front.
(AXis forces attacking Sevas-
topol reported officially in
Berlin broadcast heard in New
York that street fighting was in
progress in the northern bay
district Of the city and that the
last coastal fort defending the
big Crimean naval base had been
captured.
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war began and who has a fat
sealed pouch from which he never
takes his steely eyes.
The great majority Of the pas
sengers are skilled mechanics,
whom we will SOW like seeds along
the roads TO war. From that
planting will come a harvest Of
local talent quickly trained in the
use OF tools. Thus will our fight
ing men be assured of machines
constantly and quickly repaired,
tuned up always TO the perfection
which war demands.
And then there are among us
also the Al Hashimis. OF whom /
suspect will have more to say
Continued on Next Page, Col. 81
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90 Pct. an Air War
So Says Admiral Sherman so Far Nothing viii
Stop Air Attack at Sea, He Adds

crew. 80 per cent of
which was saved, is being held
together at his request.
This Is 80 per cent an air
war, and so far nothing will stop
a determined air attack at sea-"
Admiral Sherman said during a
brief stopover while en- route to
Washington.
He said United States aircraft
carriers are the best in the world,
but we need more OF EN-"
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CHICAGO, June % GNS).-
Rear Admiral Frederick c. Sher-
man, last man 20 leave the
aircraft carrier u. S. S. Lexington,
today said he is living for one
purpose-to get command of
another aircraft carrier with the
same crew under him.
Admiral Sherman was in COM
mand Of the Lexington when she
went down as a result of internal
explosions following a japanese
air attack In the Coral Sea. The
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FIGHT IN STREET

Destruction of the last re
manning" enemy resistance on an
extreme tip of land is progress
ing, il was added.
("Street fighting is In progress
in the Severnaia (northern) bay
district of the city," the high
command reportedO
At Kharkov, however, the Red
army drove the Germans back
across a river ( presumably the
Donets) in a savage counter thrust
that cost the enemy hundreds OF
dead, and captured a number OF
places, a communique
said.
Fighting was continuous and
at Sevastopol. The de
tenders were taking a heavy toll
as they repulsed repeated attacks
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-06-22
DIARY OF A WAR CORRESPONDENT
BY w. w. CHAPLIN


international News Service War correspondent
SOMEWHERE OVER THE ATLANTIC-(By Transatlantic
AirmaA newspaperman going to the in these modern
DAYS stripped for action soldier going into battle
Tradition pictures dashing correspondent
rounded safa native bearers Flooding behind with high
piles equipment their heads But those days have
forever
hours before departure of the plane in which am
making the first phase ourconnent fight to the Indian
war heater informed by telephone that my baggage
allowance reduced to Is pounds.
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by German infantry and tank
units.
BLACK SEA BATTLE
Of Sevastopol in the Black Sea,
two small sloops battled two Ital-
ian torpedo boats yesterday, dis
patches said, and machine gunned
an enemy submarine which crash
dived and disappeared. 1t could
not be determined whether the
was damaged seriously.
british observers believed
that although some forts north
of Sevastopol Harbor might still
be in Russian hands, the Ger
mans had reached the north
shore of the harbor in at least
one point. The naval base is
located on that shore, they
pointed out, and said it must
have been useless for several
- \
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SIX GIVEN PROBATION

In another offShoot Of the grand
jury investigation. Judge Pugsley
today sentenced for their part in
the Everett Watson lottery case
Louise Thrower, William Carter,
Thomas Turner, Henry Sherman,
Woodsie Ray and Earl Cuzzens.
Each was placed on two years
probation and fined $1,000 court
costs.
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Ruth Terry EIopes

HOLLYWOOD. June % CINS) .
Ruth Terry heroine of sage
brush films, and John Martin, test
pilot, came back TO Hollywood
from an elopement TO Las Vegas
and started house hunting today.
and Miss Terry met a
month ago on a blind date.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-06-22
Blast Kills ;
In Powder Plant

MT. BRADDOCK. Pa, June %
CUP).-Three men were killed and
two injured today in an explosion
which wrecked a unit of the Lib
erty Powder Company
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-06-22
Jops Gain i'm AIeutions
Under Cover Of Fog Establish Bases at Kiska
200 Miles Nearer Alaskan Mainland

WASHINGTON. June % (UP).
japanese invasion forces today
are 200 miles closer 10 the North
American mainland, having estab-
lished a second toehold in the
Aleutian Islands.
When weather permits Ameri-
can airmen are continuing their
aerial commandments of the enemy
forces now on Attu and Kiska is
lands off Alaska.
The latest report revealed that
American bombers have hit an
other cruiser and sunk a transport.
200 MILES NEARER
The navy announced last night
that Japanese forces. under cover
OF almost continuous fogs that
roll out of the Arctic region, have
landed on Kiska Island. That is
about 200 miles east Of Attu Is
land--at the very western end OF
the Aleutians-which the navy an
nounced on June 13 had been
occupied by japanese.
The navys announcement of
hits on a cruiser and the sinking
of a transport brought to nine
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-06-22
OREGON COAST SHIELDED
War Reporter Gets
Shocked Of Glamour
Stripped for Action? Sure. Chaplin
Lacked Even d Toothbrush Aloft

This chapter Of dramatic war diary being kept
nv w w noted international News Service war
India front where American y
ing forces already been in action
Chaplin Of Blood and Ink an account oil Inc
Ethopan war and when War Comes began
writing diary aboard the plane carrying him over
first leg of his dramatic journey to the indian
theaer.
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Gen. StiIweII's Mother Dies

YONKERS. N. Y. June %
QNS).--Mrs. Mary Stilwell, 90.
mother of Lieut.. Gen. Joseph Still
well, American hero of the Burma
campaign, died today.
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HUMAN PRIORITIES

But more can be told of the
human freight, of these "priori-
tied people who a unconscious
government has decided will be OF
greater value where they're going
than where they've been.
There is one other war CORE
spondent, Harry Crockett Of Low
ell, Mass. starting his first foreign
assignment and expecting to re-
main in far parts for the dura-
ton. There is Sam Groves. a state
department courier, who has
crossed the ocean 81 times since
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us. Mainland
Under Attack
For I'd Time
Six to 2 Shells PeIf
DesoIate ShoreIine;
Canadian Isle Raided

ASTORIA. Ore, June % (UP).
An unidentified craft" pre-
stunned to be a japanese submarine,
fired six to nine shells into a sandy
waste on the Oregon coast last
night in the second attack on the
North American Pacific shore in
"a hours.
There were neither damage nor
casualties. The shells landed on
the empty beach between Seaside,
a suburb 20 miles south of this
town which is at the mouth of the
Columbia River, and an abandoned
logging camp known as Columbia
Beach.
BELIEVED SAME SUB
The enemy craft was believed
to have been the submarine which
lobbed a few shells in the direction
of the Canadian government tele-
graph station at Estevan Point on
Vancouver Island, off the British
Columbia coast. Saturday night.
(Tokio radio today announced
that a japanese submarine had
shelled Vancouver Island, Brit
ish Columbia. Saturday night
and termed the attack "the first
blow at the Canadian mainland.s
(The broadcast made no men.
ton of the Smelling of the Ore.
gon coast.)
Robert Lucas, a member of tho
stan OF the Astoria Budget, wit
messed the Smelling from his home
in Astoria. 1t began about IL 80
p. m, and lasted for Is minutes.
Orange-colored flashes were
clearly visible from the sea at
irregular intervals, he said.
AWAKENED BY FIRE
Residents of Hammond, Warren
ton and Gearhart, who were
awakened by the firing. said they
could hear the whistle of the shells
and the report of the shells land.
ing.
Residents of the towns be-
lieved a Japanese submarine was
attempting q scare" raid. for
there are no military detectives
In the area" Lucas said. Fl
II was presumed the craft was
a submarine-although the army
did not identify it-because one
was known to be in North Pacific
waters.
An undersea craft fired on the
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continued on Next Page, Col. 81
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Delay Picking
Of Jury Until
Tomorrow
8 Given Probation,
$1,000 Fines Each;
8 Defendants Left

The roll OF defendants in the
second phase Of the handbook con-
spiracy case was reduced to eight
today when six gamblers pleaded
guilty.
Each confessed maintaining and
operating a handbook as Judge
Earl {. Pugsley prepared TO put
on trial the eight Of an original
list Of 25 defendants.
Pleading guilty today were
Frank Ryan. Henry Gordon.
Charles Anderson, Max Berkowitz.
Sam Friedman and Harry Freed
land.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-06-22

Out of the closet again came
the scales we weigh the baby on,
and the business of elimination
began. There was no difficulty in
deciding what 10 leave behind. My
portable typewriter weighs pre-
ciseIy IS pounds and no matter
how il was placed on the scales,
IL weighed just the same.
LOST TOOTHBRUSH
So. of I went on a journey OF
almost 10000 miles, which will
take two weeks if / am lucky and
two months if l miss the breaks,
with absolutely no possessions but
the clothes on my back, my type
writer. and a toothbrush. And /
lost the toothbrush on the way TO
the airport.
We are flying over a route !
must not tell except for main
stops: the green blackout curtains
are snapped closely over all the
cabin windows, and none can guess
what adventures are waiting In
our path.
Our heavy cargo I cannot de-
scribe. except to give assurance
that il is all within the framework
Of the general term essential. y
and essential these days means
essential 10 the conduct Of the
war because all other things, no
matter how important they once
may have seemed. have for the
time being ceased TO be essential.
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DELAY PICK JURY

Because the pleas will cause re-
vision of the states case, Grand
Jury Prosecutor Chester p. O'Hara
obtained from the court an ad-
jurnment of the jury selection
until 2 p. m. tomorrow.
Remaining defendants. who were
indicted with scores of recently
trie dgamblers and police, are:
Abe and Joe Bernstein, John
Ryan. Earl Burgess, James Han
ley. William HolSkin. Paul Trussell
and Jacob Scheibman.
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REPORT OF LOSSES

Lieut.. Gen. Henry H. Arnold,
army air chief, has disclosed the
sinking of a japanese cruiser and
the damaging of an aircraft car
rier. But possibly the cruiser
Arnold mentioned was one OF
those reported by the navy.
One of the navy's first announce
ments on enemy action in the
Aleutian area reported that YES
sells of the enemy invasion fleet
had been seen in Kiska Harbor,
one of the best natural anchorages
in the Aleutian chain.
The navy indicated that the in
vasion force on Kiska, like that
on Attn. was small. II said tents
and minor temporary structures
were sbserved TO have been set
up on land"
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The Weather
HOURLY TEMPE,

The sun WI set at e:ii D. m. today.
ana rise tomorrow az 5:57 a. m.
me moon will rise AZ 227 D. m.
today, and Will set tomorrow al ia
a. m.
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and possibly 10 the number OF
Japanese vessels which have beer
sunk or damaged by army and
navyc fliers in the Aleutians.
Previous naval communicates
three cruisers, one de-
stroyer. one gunboat and one
transport damaged.
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Nozi Tanks Break
SevostopoI Line
BLACK SEA BATTLE
BY HENRY SHAPIRO
United Press stan Correspondent

MOS COW June 22.-Russanby infantry and tanl
forces defending Sevastopol units
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Continued on Next Page, Col.
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s reduced to Is pounds.
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AWAKENED BY FIRE

Continued on Next Page, Col. 81
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-08-09

Unable to retaliate in force the McCoys offered a
reward anyone bringing the guilty parties to justice
This Infatuated Devil who said Randall must die.
On New Years night in 1888, party of Hatieds set
for Randars house In behind the barred
door, Randall his and his Calvin. In the
other three girls of the family Surrounding
the place the Hatfields demanded that Randall out
Of the girls appeared and pleaded that the men
were away The Hatfieds swore lying and shot
her Then they fire to the cabin The McCoys fought
the blaze until the smoke became overpowering Calvin
the woods but dropped in the clearing
by a rifle bullet Then old Randall out shooting He
killed two Hatfields reached the woods and got
champion of the harassed McCoys now arose in Frank
Phillips. Deputy Sheriff Of Pike County, Kentucky, who
organized raidng party and went into the hills. Ten
Hateds brought back OF these two executed
and four sent to the penitentiary for life.
arrest however failed to stop the fighting.
In 1899 when Mccoy and Hatfield shot II out the
platform Of train at Gray West Virginia, public
Indignation became great that the families moved to
different sections of the mountain country.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-08-09

while Mccoy lived few miles away in Pike County,
Kentucky.
Hatfield, who 27 owned 1000 of mountain
land and was looked by his neighbors as sort OF
feudal lord Mccoy was 20 years Hatfields senior.
The HafeldMcCoy scrap, which TO cost scores of
lives before finally ended in 1899 touched off in
1878 by trivial incident Floyd Hatfield brother of
Devil Ansefollowed the mountain custom of letting his
razorback hogs at large One day he going by
the house of Randall Mccoy and upon bunch of
hogs penned in the Mccoy yard.
Floyd swore the backs were his His claim was
ignored Infatuated he went TO the Raccoon Hollow Justice
of the Peace and brought charges against the McCoys The
Justce-Deacon Ellison Hatfield-was member of Devil
Anses clan He awarded the verdict Floyd and assigned
the costs against the embittered McCoys
It shortly this that Randall Mccoy upon
party of Hafelds SEEMING the Tug River. He accused
of them Bill Stayton of perjuring himself at the trial
fight followed and Mccoy knocked out with WELL
tossed heavy rock.
A few months later Stayton into Sam and Parish
Mccoy and the lead began to fly. Sayton fired first,
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-08-09

-Y-IIE HATFIELDS and the McCoys-who nearly wiped
each other out in the bloodest and best known family
y feud in American hstory-have started scrappng
all again But this time for change, they're both
the side-pted against three other families The
clans which these Kentucky and West Virginia retotng
mountaneers dead set wpng off the face of the
earth the Hrohos, the Mussolnis and the Shcle-
grubers
Devil Anse" Hatfield and old Randall Mccoy, leaders
of the feudng families that shot out for than 20
years probably would turn in their if they
knew that 40 of their descendants had buried the Ratchet
and joined the United States Marines to fight side by side
Two crack recruiting sergeants stationed in West Virginia
and Kentucky happen 10 be Hatfields These have
secured the mountains and sold every abieboded Hatfield
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-08-09

wounding Parish in the hip. second later Stayton
pitched forward shot through the head by Sam. That
srmish led to open declaration of between the
two families
One of the boodest Of battles took place in 1882 when
both families attended prediction party" Tolbert
Mccoy invited Elias Hatfield TO mix it Just the two
going it hammer-and-tongs, an officer of the law
summoned up enough courage to interfere. Just then
Deacon Ellison Hatfield who had presided at the
back hog trial. moved in and denounced Tobert
coward
The Judge apparently little the for The corn
squeeZn's he had imbbed waved big clasp knife under
Toberts The officer released Mccoy 10 give him
chance for his life. Tobert whipped his knife and
the battle AS they fought little Randall Mccoy,
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Gr0WAViCt0ry Garden
= But USeYOur Head 8 s

long roots ont Of the soil Lift with
"A straight back. using your leg muscles
for the actual hoist
Sixth. if you snag yourself on
fence or cut your hand use a good
antisep'ic solution Immediately.
Seventh, if you're working with
wire be careful that an end doesn't
flip in someone's eyer your own.
Eighth, don't leave the garden hose
drsped over steps or coiled across the
pathway and be sure not TO leave even
shallow holes uncovered for someone
TO stumble OVER ia the dark.
Ninth, if you go at your gardening
with enthusiasm, you may get blsters.
BE sure to give them the proper treat
ment.
Tenth, when spading wear shoes
with strong solcs so that you can push
the spade into hard soil and still pro-
tect your foot
i'm shorts or sun-suit is recon-
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-08-09

n THE millions Of men and women
who, this year, have turned amateur
y farmers Will study a few common
sense rules Of Victory Garden Safety
in addition TO the seed catalogs they
read so avidly, they will enjoy the
fruits of their patriotic labors a great
deal more.
The observance of Is simple COM
nonsense rules, according TO a survey
by the Northwestern National Life In
-suranee- Company, will go long way
towards helping them get through the
Summer season without serious mis-
hap.
First, don't leave rakes or other
sharp-pointed tools face up on the
ground TO step on. This particular
piece Of foolishncss has been bread
winner for comic picture artists for
generation but some gardeners still
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-08-09

and McCoy-on
the idea that it's
smarter right now
"feudin' 4" on an
international scale.
AS a result. some
t hin E that no
naountaineer ever
thought could hap
pen, became an
everyday sight on
the rifle range at
the Paris Island,
S gu t h Carolina
Marine camp. A
Hatfield and a Nc
Coy were improv-
ing their marks
manship, not on
each other, but on
the target while a
hard-boiled SER
& cant checked
their scores.
The Hatfields
and McCoys are Of
military stock for,
previous to the
outbreak of their
feud in 1873, the
two leaders served
in the Civil War
Old Devil Anse
was a captain on
the Confederate
side while Ran
dali Mccoy fought
for the Union but
never won a COM
mission. At the
wars end, Hat
field-a powerful
siX-footer-settled
on the Little Tug
fork Of the Big
Sandy River in
l. og an County,
West Virginia.