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Evening star., 1942-09-13

neglected military preparations-just In
case. Fully realizing the Importance of
her Atlantic outposts, Portugal has re-
inforced the Madeira, Azores and Cape
Verde Islands, building them up to pow
erful strongholds which would not be
easy prey for any one. Whoever at
tempts to take our Atlantic outposts will
have to fight hard and long" in the
opinion Of Portuguese military leaders.
Receives Economic Blows.
Economically. Portugal has received
many serious blows because of the war
and these have shaken her plans of eco
nomic reconstruction. Even though the
value of raw materials rose with ex-
panded demand, it availed the national
economy little since the majority of Por-
tuguese colonial production is rotting in
the warehouses of colonial ports-some
lacking transportation, others lacking
navicertS
Home products such as cork, canned
fish and tungsten ore have been more a
matter of worry than of profit, particu-
Evening star., 1942-09-13
AnCrops Saved
"Goodhue Plan" Sends
City Folk to Fields
By A doIbh Johnson,
Wide World.

ST. PAUL.-Last spring while harried
farmers saw the armed forces and de-
fense industries gobbling the manpower
they were counting on to help harvest
crops, Leonard B. Ryan, Minnesota
director of the United States Employ
ment Service, made promise:
mo Minnesota crops will go to waste
for want of help to harvest them"
He has kept that promise.
The answer is the "Goodhue plan
and hundreds of Minnesota shopkeepers,
bankers, mechanics, packing house work.
ers city employees and high school boys.
The story began early this year in the
village of Goodhue in Southeastern
Minnesota, in the mind of L. E. Cook,
publisher of the weekly Goodhue County
Tribune.
Recalling the days of the First World
War when toWnspeople in his area came
to the aid of hard-pressed farmers, he
suggested that the current emergency
was likely to prove too serious for any
system under which persons willing to
help on farms would register and be
available on a moments notice
Mr.. Ryan sent men to help. Goodhue
citizens signed up virtually in a body.
The idea spread. Other communities
started similar plans and other names
were suggested-but the "Goodhue plan"
stuck.
Thanks largely TO the impetus gen.
Grated in the Goodhue registration meet
ing, and the resultant publicity the
employment Office was able to add 342
volunteer labor registration Offices in as
many communities to the 38 full-time
and 88 part-time Offices in operation at
the beginning of the year.
Merchants, newspapermen, bankers,
clerks, pool hall operators, railroad sta
ton agents and others offered to set up
clearing houses-to take the names of
those prepared to do emergency farm
work and to send them to farms when
the need arose.
BY the end of July, the employment
service had placed 1886 farm workers
in jobs-as many as $3.50 In one peak
week.
Evening star., 1942-09-13

larly because the demand for these prod
ucts by the belligerents has upset Portu-
gals neutral equilibrium. Portugal has
to trade her products with warning ma
tions, trying to be pleasant to all OF
them. and, at the same time, obtain
the things she needs most for herself:
Coal, oil, medicines and fertilizers, as
we'll as permits from the belligerents to
import her own colonial materials. All
this has been put under tight control by
the state, so far without provoking Sc
rious reaction from the warning govern
mentS.
The shortage of coal, gas and oils is
the most serious problem for Portuguese
industry, threatening to paralyze light,
power and transportation unless reme-
died soon.
Some Popular Indignation.
Portugal's strict neutrality policy has
been unable to keep down entirely pop
ular indignation against events such as
mass executions, sinking or neutral ship
ping and the disrespect for rights and
honor OF neutralS.
Nevertheless, there are few if any
differences between man-in-the-st street
public opinion and the government. 1t
can be said that even the understanding
has improved All seem to be together
in one desire-safeguardi Portugal's
neutrality and support of the govern
ment's clear and firmly established
"jurioical principles of neutrality which
means no breach of ablished
bonds"
Now that Brazilian entry has brought
the war closer to Portuguese hearts, the
moral and economic interests of Portu-
gal become still more in favor of a
quick ending of the conflict without
destruction of Portugals oldest, best and
CLOSETS friends"
The Omaha guide., 1942-09-12
BETWEEN THE
L N E S
(BY DEAN GORDON B.
HANCOCK FOR AMP
A WAR DIAGNOSIS

Quite as important as vars them
selves is a clear understanding of
their causes For 10 these many
centuries nations have fought OR
economic advantage and il Is safe
to say that By far the greater num-
Der OF and the greater wars
have been rooted in some economic
In other words, the wars OF the
motive.
past have been bread wars wars
Of nations fighting for bread. These
bread wars have wrecked empires
and civilizations and have over
thrown monarchs Of highly domain.
Although our religionists and ideal
lists have dreamed of a time when
wars among men would cease, such
happy time seems far removed in
some ethereal distance too deep for
human ken. For all we know wars
will be upon mankind for many cen
turtles yet to come for the simple
reason only a change of heart viii
bring an end to war and humans
are not in the habit of changing
their heart until all other measures
have failed. and these are multitud-
Continued on page 81
The Omaha guide., 1942-09-12
DEPENDENTS PAYMENTS TO
MANY WAVES WILL CAUSE
HEADACHE

Washington, Sept. 10 (ANP) There
is going to be confusion soon when
army checks start coming back tc
sldiers dependents if some Of the
corner talk around here is to be tax
en- seriously, and it is being serious
ly c~onsidertd( in some sectors.
For instance, there is the matter
Of many men being drafted into tie
service, legally married but not
working at it. vet living with a par
amour who to all intents and pur-
poses is his wife. Who gets tor
billing and who is entitled to TIL
check the government will send a
dependent?
The soldier may give his common
in law wife's name, yet the legal
wife, discovering where her spouse
is, may make a claim for her share.
This is true with many whites as
well as Negro soldiers, and is going
to be one grand headache for the
war department to adjust.
The Omaha guide., 1942-09-12
AFRICAN ORTHODOX CHURCH
HOLDS 2lST GENERAL SYNOD
IN RROOKI YIN

Brooklyn, Sept. 10 amp Al esti.
mated at.e1 dance of more than no
persons, including the house Of bis.
hcrs, disnitaries, priests, dele gates
and visitors. took part in tha 2ist
general synod Of the African Or,Lo-
DIX church, Of New York and NJ IS
achusetts, which last Monday on.
Guided its six-day session at Christ
Church .ssion, Of which the Rev.
Father Geefge Ford is rector.
Tie address Of welcome was le-
livered by Judge Edwards Richar Is
President New York Savings bsEn,
and Judge Faige Of special sessions
court represented Mayor Fiorcila
I.aGuardia.
Officers CT the synod: The Mazt
Pew. r. A. Valentine, Archbishop
and primate. president; the TT. Pew
E. A. Toote, bishop Of MANHATTAN.
VICE rresidort; the Very Rev. J. Z
Theme. secretary; Ran Mitchell
treasurer; the Ri. Rev. Cyril q.
Sheppard, chancellor, and the Raw
FIR. George Ford, stAtistician.
The Omaha guide., 1942-09-12
Mrs. Roosevelt
Scotches Rumors
of Eleanor Clubs

Washington, Sept. 10 amp Dixies
attempt to smear Mrs. Roosevelt
because of her appearance at the
AME meeting in North Carolina
came a cropper whe nthe rumor-
bred Eleanor Clubs, reported to
have been organized throughout the
south by housemaids and domesti-s
were reported as nonresident
Declaring the clubs had as their
slogan, Not a Maid in the kitchen
by Christmas" the purpose OF tina
clubs was to secure employment for
Negro women in defense plants, it
is reported.
Mrs. Roosevelt in a statement to
the press declared that an investi-
cation proved there was no basis for
the rumored clubs, and chat she had
been unable to obtain a list, record
Dr. name Of anyone enrolled in the
mythical clubs. which bear her name
without her permission.
Because of the low pay scale for
iomestics in the south, Mrs. Roose-
velt said she thought domestics
were leaving private employment 10
80 into industry.
She cited the Eleanor clubs as an
example Of "rumors used to bring
about situations that don't exist
Although colored women are begin
ming to receive employment in de-
Tense industry in the south. and
things point" to greater employ
ment Of them, Mrs. Roosevelt told
her press conference she saw Id
reason why an issue should be made
Of facts commonly known.
Great stress was placed upon the
formation Of these clubs by some
highly imaginative writer's who saw
in this an opportunity to embarrass
the First Lady because she had
been advised, it is reported, not to
come to the North Carolina meet
ing. Tn face Of this advice, Mrs.
Roosevelt attended the conference.
made a speech and was entertained
by a group Of whites in the town.
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lege, who will teach in the depart
ment Of elementary teacher educa.
ton; Herman L. Taylor, NJ. A., Ohio
State university, in the department
of commerce; Mrs. Alice Gross Mills
B. S., University of Cincinnati, de-
partment of home economies; Miss
Jamye H. Coleman, M. A. Fisk uni.
versity, department of English; Miss
Anne Jordan, NJ. A., Ohio State, de,
partment Of romance languages.
A new commanding officer, Col
L. L. Hamilton, has been appointed
for the ROTC unit. Col. Hamilton
was recently in charge of troops on
transport service and has seen ser.
vice in many parts Of the world.
His plans call for expansion and de.
velopment of the military service
of Wherefore to the nation.
The army enlisted resrve corps
is being rapidly filled with students
who r eager to prepare themsel
YES as candidates for officer mater.
ial.
Alarge registration is expected
for the next year. During the past
year WHEREFORE drew its student
body from So states and six foreign
countries, and in its service had a
national aspect both through its
students and alumni. An intensive
program is being launched through
the alumni office to reach, contact
and interest the alumni. Many o.
them are expected to return to tht
University for Homecoming which
occurs oct. 81.
The Omaha guide., 1942-09-12
WELL KNOWN N RESPECTED YOUNG MAN
Lonnie Morrow Killed By Soldier

Lonnie Morrow a well known az j
highly respected young man Of this
city was killed and a visiting sold
Ter was critically injured in a brief,
furious po~cketknife duel on the sido
of the clay bank On 30th street Wed
nesday morning.
Police found Lonnie, age 27 of
2042 North 21st dead of numerous
knife wounds near Blonde and 33th
streets. Nearby lay John Harvey
Bowen. 25, a soldier stationed at
Camp Everett, Mass. staying at
1929 Burdette street. Bowen had
suffered severe cuts on the body,
neck and face. Officers took him
to the hospital and placed him un-
der guard.
Three motorists, told police they
were motoring south on 3oth street
near Burdette when q man identif.
ing board OF their car and shouted
led as Morrow jumped on the RUM
"Step on it a mans trying to get a.
way"
About $50 feet south Of Blonde,
the four saw a man trying to climb
a clay bank. Morrow Jumped from
the car and ran to the bank. The
fight resulted. When police arriv.
ed Morrow lay dead and Bowen
badly hurt.
Police believe the fight was over
Morrow's wife, aMrgaret, 26, of 2sI1
Ohio Street, who they said recently
filed a divorce suit.
The body of Lonnie Morrow was
taken to the Thomas Funeral Home.
The Omaha guide., 1942-09-12
SEE FRAMEUP
IN Staying
OF WHITE ARMY
OFFICER

Douglas, Ariz., Sept. 9 (ANP) -
Following the recent arraignment
of Margaret Herlihy, white. daugh.
ter of 1t. Col. Edward G. Herlihy
of Fort Huachuca, on a murder
charge for the shooting OF her IL
ance, Capt. David Carr, ~. during a
reported lovers quarrel. several in
teresting angles have developed.
The girls father, Col. Herlihy, re-
portedly told a press representative
that Carr had threatened to kill his
daughter and to leave her body on
the Fort Huachuca reservation t4o
miles from here), under Circumstance
es that would make it appear she
had been slain by one of the Negro
soldiers stationed at Fort Huachuca.
In the fatal shooting Of Carr. this
girl said she had acted in self de-
tense.
Capt. Carr and Miss Herlihy were
engaged to be married on Sept. rs,
and both had been previously mar
ried. The shooting occurred after
the couple had returned from a Wis
it to Aqua Prieta, Sonora, just a
cross the border from Douglas. At
ter arrival at the home where Miss
Herlihy resided with her mother
Carr va fatally wounded by e Y
eral shots from a pistol. The ef-
forts Of army surgeons to save his
life were futile.
The Omaha guide., 1942-09-12
PRESENTS
o STATEMENTS
OF VOTE DENIAL
TO T DEPT.

Washington, d. c.. More than
20 sworn statements made by Ne
groes who, even though they had
paid their poll tax to vote in prirn.
airy elections in the South, were re.
fused permission to do so, have been
personally presented to the United
States Department of Justice this
week by Thurgood Marshall, spec.
ial counsel, on behalf of the NAACP
The affidavits come from Negroes
in Texas, Arkansas, Alabama, and
South Carolina.
The Justice Department at the
same time was requested to insti,
tute criminal prosecution under
the U. S. Civil Rights statute on the
ground that election officials who
refused qualified Negroes the right
to vote, violated this statute.
Dallas and Galveston, Texas, are
most fully represented with 13 af.
fidavits coming from Galveston, six
from Dallas. Several were also
made from Houston, Texas, Mobile
Ala, Little Rock, Ark, and several
places in South Carolina.
This marks another step in the
Associations year-long fight a
gainst the Democratic white pri
mary which bars Negroes fror-
choosing the men who will repres
emit them in the Government.
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Wherefore Name
5 New Professors

WHEREFORE, Sept. 8 amp Presi-
dent Charles H. Wesley Of WILDER
force university announced last
week the appointment Of five new
members to the faculty and the ad-
ministrative staff for the S7th AGA
demic year which will open Sept. IA
with a meeting Of the faculty. Fresh
men week will be held Sept. 1919
and registration will be Sept. 81 and
p, with classes beginning Sept. %.
The last day Of registration for cred
it is Sept. %.
Several faculty members have
gone into the armed forces and are
assisting wit hthe war effort. The
new members Of the faculty include
Miss Lucille Baker, M. A., Smith col.
The Omaha guide., 1942-09-12
SOLDIERS MOVED
TO NEW ORLEANS
FOR SAFE KEEPING

NEW ORLEANS, La, amp -
Sept. 10-New evidence broke this
week in the case of the Alexandria,
La, soldiers sentenced to die Oct.
30 for the alleged attack on a white
waitress at Camp Claiborne, when
it became an established fact that
one of the charged men is an es-
capped inmate from an Ohio institu-
ton for the feeble minded.
The statement was made by c. D.
Kirk. superintendent of the state
institution for the feeble minded of
Orient. o., in a letter sent Reid and
Cox, attorneys at law, Columbus. o.
The letter charged that Richard
Adams was admitted to the Column
bus institution Nov. %. 1881. and
transferred TO Orient, Dec. 80, 1881.
At the time of his incarceration he
was classed as mentally ~deranged,
while having a long record of de-
~linquency. The superintendent fur
Their slater that the patient was in
the habit Of stealing which was
viewed as a result of mental disor-
ders.
The patient escaped from this in
stitution Jan. 10, 1885. The letter
concluded with since his ESCAPE
we have had no further information
regarding his Whereabouts nor his
behavior"
1t was further revealed that the
attorneys representing the soldiers:
Ward T. Jones, John r. Hunter and
Isaac Wahlder, appointed by the
court. filed notices Of appeals the
day the sentence was made Aug. 10.
According to information from reli-
able sources, all were instructed by
The Omaha guide., 1942-09-12
A PREPARING APPEAL
FOR SOLDIERS CONDEMNED
TO DEATH

New York. An appeal from the
death sentence for three colored
soldiers convicted for rape in Alex
andria, La, is being prepared by
lawyers for the National Associat-
ion for the Advancement of Color
ed People, it was announced here
this week.
Formal notice of appeal was fill
ed August 13, by lawyers. who We're
appointed to defend the three sols.
iers in the civil court. At that
time. after the first trial. the con
viction and the death sentence, the
case was brought to the attention
OF he NAACP and parents Of one of
the men asked NAACP aid in fight
ing the cas- further. The convicted
men are Privates Richard Adams. a
volunteer, Of Columbus, ohio, John
Walter Bordenave. New Orleans, La.
and Lawrence Mitchell of Michigan.
The NAACP has forty days from
the date Of the conviction. August
IL, to prepare the appeal. Thur
good Marshall, NAACP special coun-
sci, and other lawyers are awaiting
the transcript of testimony in the
first trial in order to proceed with
the case.
1--WE do not know exactly what
can be done until We see the trans
cript of testimony Marshall said.
1--WE do not know how strong or
weak the record is. We know moth
ing about how much effort the court
appointed lawyers made to defend
their clients or save points in the
record on which a good appeal
could be based, but we will do the
best we a with what is handed to
u.s."
Marshall will go to Louisiana to
aid local lawyers in preparation of
the appeal.
The Omaha guide., 1942-09-12
WAR DEPT'MENT WANTS MORE WOMEN
WASHINGTON, d. C. SEPT Ia

IL. =. SEfI "
YANPeSecretary Of War Stimson
in his regular press conference
Thursday morning, stressed the inn
portance and the need Of women in
war effort to release men Of milit-
airy age for active service. If you
want to see how far this car lie
done in an English speaking coun-
try" Mr.. Stimson said. "all you
have to do is visit England. Women
are even in combatant units there.
To date, some 800, 900 women are
employed in various capacities by
the war department and according
to estimates. there will be a like
number employed releasing as many
men for military service.
However, in the ordnance corps,
signal corps and aviation corps,
there is need for enlisted men with
mechanical skills. Figures on this
indicate 80, 900 men needed in these
three branches of the service. To
that end, a special enlistment period
has been set aside, ending Oct. IL,
in which men qualified are sought
for these branches. However, the
enlistment period will not extend
beyond that date, for the secretary
says by that time the army training
schools will be turning out a SUI
ficient number of men to take care
OF all needs.
But men will not be permitted to
enlist until they have cleared thru
their own local selective service
boards. which will determine whe-
Their or not the men are to be re
tanned in private industry.
Another interesting item was re-
vealed by the secretary who said
that in the first nine month period
beginning Dec. Z, trop movements
by rail totaled approximately $780,
900 as opposed to 1.916.417 for the
first nine months of the last war.
Up to now, the army has employed
more than the total number Of Pull
man and tourist cars used during
the entire last var To date, no
movement Of troops as a unit has
taken place in box cars or freight
equipment.
The American soldier has moved
an average of three times between
induction and embarkation for over
seas in 1918. Today, he averages
six moves before leaving the coun-
try.
One of the officers attending the
conference was 1t. Burgess Mere
dith, favorite stage and screen act
or, whose outspoken attitude on the
Negro question has often brought
favorable eminent from his friends.
The Omaha guide., 1942-09-12
ANTI-P0LL TAX BILL NEEDS
Is SIGNATURES

Washington, Sept. II ANP) ct'iI
lacking are Is signatures necessary
to bring the Geyer anti-poll tax bill
out of committee, where it has lain
for more than a year. 1t is the
plan of the committee sponsoring
the bill to try to secure the necess-
airy signatures when members of
congress begin arriving in town
from their brief vacations. Strong
efforts will be made to have the ell
brought out Of committee at al
early date.
The Omaha guide., 1942-09-12
ShARECROPPER GETS HEARING IN JERSEY
ON EXTRACTION CHARGES
CHARGES S. G, LAND
LORD WITH PEON-
AGE
TRENTON, NEW JERSEY,

TRENTON, NEW JERSEY, I'LL.
Sept. 10 tANPHDavid Williams, "a
year old former s-harecroper, charg-
ed with violating a verbal agree
ment with his South Carolina land
lord, Cleo Young, to render person
al service to him from Dec. 1, 1s41
to Dec. 1, 1912, will be given a per-
sonal hearing here, it was announc-
ed last week by Gov. Charles Eds
on.
Gov. r. M. Jefferies Of South Car.
DINA had sought Williams retur,
after Young, Timmonsville planta
ton owner, had charged his forme'
sharecropper with breach of trust
and alleged that Williams abandon
ed his crops after receiving severe
hundred dollars in advances.
The extradition, to which Edison
originally consented, was halted by
habeas corpus proceedings demand
ed by the National Federation for
Constitutional Lierties and other or
declare Williams a Vic
with violation of the anti-peonage
tim Of peonage, and charged Young
law. This law, which holds a Geor-
gia contract labor law unconstitu-
declares that "coerced labor
Continued on page ~ ~
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Uncover New Violence
IN LOUISIANA "%sC0TTSB0R0 cASE'

the judge that if no other counsel
We're employed in the meantime, 1t
would be their duty to prepare the
necessary bills of exception and
such briefs and arguments as were
necessary to be filed in the appel
ate court.
To date, however, it is not known
whether or not the lawyers have
prepared the Necessary papers. Evi-
dence indicates that the appellate
court has yet to receive them.
The convicted soldiers have been
removed to the federal Jail in New
orleans for safe keeping.
The Omaha guide., 1942-09-12
1OcFORBEER
10c To
Drink Ii?
WHERE is
DEMOCRACY?

Where is Democracy? What are
our boys fighting for? Is it poss'
ible that we must fight to preserve
Democracy for America and then
be denied the privileges of that De.
mocracy everyday. A few days a.
go I happened to meet a friend Il
mine at 18th and Dodge Cts. as we
both were somewhat employed in
similar positions, we began talking
about our work. 1t was very warm
and we felt the need Of a beverage.
Ny friend suggested we step into a
tavern at 18th and Dodge SITS known
as the Dodge Bar in the Dodge EN-
tel. We ordered a couple of bottles
Of beer. The owner or bartender
who served US stated that it would
cost US 10c a bottle and 1Oc to drink
tia total Of zoe. We noticed
other customers therein at that
time were charged only 10c. We
refused to pay the requested prices
and due to the fact that the bar
tender had opened the beer, our re-
fusal of course brought ebOut a dis
pute.
We ask in all fairness. Is this
the Democracy we are about to be
indicted into the army to fight for?
Is is fair to offer your life blood to
protect these kind of business plac-
es? Would this not make your blood
boil to know that you are standing
ready to forsake you loved ones
and enter into the army in combat
service with all hopes of winning
victory even at a sacrifice Of our
own lives, knowing deep down in
our hearts that the Democracy we
are fighting for does not exist even
now for us at home.
Now Mr.. Editor of the OMAHA
GUIDE, I am asking you what is
going to be done about these condi-
tons? Is there any hope for a real
Democracy for all American citiz-
ems?
Ted Woods. 1884 Parker St.,
Ed Snyder, 2121 Lake St.
The Omaha guide., 1942-09-12

An enemy raid On Americas great
military base at Pearl Harbor will
encounter formidable opposition
from a crack Army anti-aircraft
regiment Of Negro troops. Inducr-
ed as a National Guard unit, the
regiment is commanded by colonel
Chauncey NJ. Hooper, Negro offic-
er and attorney from New York CITY
Many Of the soldiers of Colonel
Hooper's unit r from Harlem. Be
cause of their far-flung assignment
they have dubbed themselves The