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Jackson advocate., 1942-10-31
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blot upon the people of Mississippi: what can be
done about it-lynchng?
Since we, college students at the University of
Mississippi, are will become citizens of Mississippi the
problem may fall upon hands the we call
ed to execute the rights and duties citizenship What
do citizens to eliminate this problem will either be COM
mendabe scandaous. What should the question
at hand.
In Texas the standing custom for many years was
that of hanging horse thieves they became
pretended This custom not established through JUS
ce or supported by the courts but functoned to place
an everlasting bh upon the people of Texas The custom
dled out along with the end Of widespread hievery
the great horse ranches.
We have not attempted to trace the origin of the Gus
tom of lynching which would no doubt take us throuoh
volumes of bizarre types and cases of toruos methods of
dealing revenge to criminals However, recent history of
the custom presents evidence enough to provoke sensible
people to abolish It, Lynchng originated and continued
to function through the will of the people who felt that
justice effective in their own hands 1t must end
IN like manner-hrough the will of the people who it's
bad effects.
The purpose of ynchng to the open-minded observer
from the South may be compared to public executions in
france III tnat the hdeouSness of the torture would
courage the practice of crmethe type of crime resulting
in the torture AS public executions in France failed to
stem crime that country lynchings have failed t. stop
CRIME IN this country witnessed by the frequency and
the period over which lynchngs have been practced
we feel that through no Legislation will lynchng be
stopped without serious repercussions resulting from
rule imposed upon the people against their own will First
people must convince themselves that they supporting
luCy pTacuce and then legal action may stop those
VINO persist IN committing the wrong
we feel that the people of Mississippi and the nation
Ieae tna the prime purpose of ynching has been vio
lated and the value of this custom reduced as told bv
events which have occurred recently They will of the peo
pie does not favor ynchng which creates dscord among
great number OF our population who group must
help Us IN the great undertaking of all-out war
Lynchng provides of satisfying the animais-
uc bloodthrst of relatively few individuals The mass
a m people % OF MISSISSIPPI we feel are opposed to lynchng
as IL now exists Their failure to act through public and
private demands to stop this practice leaves it for us to
remove 1hs eighth column practice which creates dscord
should be removed from society before it develops into
more serious barrier ~
Jackson advocate., 1942-10-31
CAPTAIN MULZkC AND
CREW HONORED

LOS ANGELES, Cal. - CAMP
Rounding out the series of public
and private T.. affairs that had
marked the few days left before
the new S. S. Booker IT. Washing
ton sailed, Captain Hugh Mulzac
and his crew and Peter Ross whose
idea it was to name the 1O,5O0 ton
Liberty ship for the educator, were
honored by the launching commit
tee at a Banquet at Friday Morn
ing Club last Wednesday evening.
Included in the program of en-
tertainment were patriotic and
swing numbers by Alma Hightow-
ers Is piece "Melodic Dots band.
One of the most impressive
pieces of the decorations was a big
replica of a pilot wheel, with a
large picture of Captain Mulzac in
the center. 1t was created by Ham
NEE Banks, the only colored man.
ager of downtown FLORIST studio,
Impressive speeches were made
by Capt. Mulzac, Peter Ross, Cal
ship officials, union heals and 9TH
erS
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Sunday: School
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tor.
Included on the five day program
VIII be number Of outstanding
ministers, laymen and women. In
commenting en- the meeting, the
president of the Union said, with
the present tendency toward re-
trenchment it will soon be that our
local meeting will be our only
source of inspiration. 1t is wise that
We put our best in the school and
that the torches of Christianity
be kept burning during this dark
age. All church workers can be in
spired and enlightened. All need 10
go back for spark of aspiration 50
necessary during this world up
heavcl.
Officers of the organization in
clude: Rev. r. L. T. Smith, presi-
dent; Rev. L. C. Wilcner, vice presi-
dent; Rev. P. z. Lott, second vice
president; Rev. j. C. Matthews. cor.
secretary; Mrs. S. M. Lewis, finan-
clal secretary; Rev. James McClin-
ty, treasurer; Brother j. A. Whites,
dean; Rev. A. L. Rice, director gen.
eral, BTU; and Rev. r. E. Willis
director general, Sunday school.
Jackson advocate., 1942-10-31
The United Community and War Fund Drive

On Monday, November End, the United Sommunity
and War Fund Drive will begin in Jackson and Kinds Coun-
W the drive being for the purpose obtaining funds
operate and maintain the various humane and welfare
gazatlons OF the city during the coming The United
Community and War Funds Drive being the same as the
Community Chest Drive in years of peace
In the recent USO campaign in which the Negro citi
zens of the city raised total of $500 for the National
USO Funds there clear demonstration of the will
and desire the part of the Negro citizens of the city,
IN all walks of fe to give according to their ability for
every worthy and without selfish considerations
In urging the Negro citizens of the city to make
sacrItca contribution to this years United Community
and War Funds Drive, because of their showing in the
USO Funds Campaign, in which nearly three times as
much as had been raised by Negro citizens heretofore it
unnecessary to here point out that the William
Johnson Bethlehem Center, which has made such fine
contribution to child health and welfare well as adults
ana the Negro Boy Scouts receive benefits from the fund
Give your share to the United Sommunty and War
Funds Drive and make share what it ought to be.
Jackson advocate., 1942-10-31
Natchez Man Shot
In Argument
Over Women

NATCHEZ. Miss.-Frank Barlow
well known locally ramained in a
serious condition following his hay
ing been shot here late Monday.
on North Pine Street, by Merrill
Parker, white man. One Of two
shots entered the right shoulder
Of the wounded man emerging
through the back.
The shooting is said to have oc-
Cured when Barlow, while walk
ing along Pine street stopped a
car in Whick Parker was also rid
ing and engaged in an argument
with two Negro women, Priscilla
Swell and Virginia Dempsey. oc-
cupants of the car. AS the car
pulled into the curb, Parker drew
lis pistol and fired.
AS the wounded may fell, the
car. driven by Dumas Marshall
sped away; only to crash into a
Gasoline pump in front of the
Fnochs lumber company on Bren-
ham Avenue and overturn in a
nearby yard.
Following the crash, Marshall anC
the two Negro women were ar
rested, but Parker escaped. Al.
though continuing their search
police had been unable to locate
Parker at a late hour Thursday.
Jackson advocate., 1942-10-31
jackson Man
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- Ssht "5C
Shelby, Mississippi
Mcneil was made Corporal
soon after induction and was as
signed to quartermaster battalion
which was stationed first at Camp
Claiborne, La, and later at Fort
Lewis, Washington. On May 8 he
was promoted to the grade of Staff
Sergeant and assigned to his pres
ent quartermaster company post
as Personnel Sergeant Major. In
August he moved up another notch
his advancement to Technical Ser
geant. His latest promotion carried
him out of the non commissioned
officer class into a grade which
lies between commissioned and
on-commissioned status in the
Army.
Warrant Officer Mcneil former
ly attended Tougaloo College. He
was member of the Mississippi
State Teachers Association before
his induction.
Jackson advocate., 1942-10-31
Justice Dept.
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C. M. Weaver, Town Marshal,
Hawkins, Texas, with violation OF
the Federal Anti-Peonage Statute
Page and Weaver are charged
with "unlawfully, willfully, and
feloniously arresting, causing to be
arrested, and holding in a condi-
ton of peonage, a Negro, Robert
Carraway, pending payment of a
a $50 debt.
Penalties under this statute (Ti-
tie. 18, Section 444, United States
Code,) are imprisonment for not
more than five years, or fine OF
not more than $5,000.00. or both,
on each count.
The investigation was Originally
commenced upon information fur.
nished by white citizen of Dallas,
Texas.
According 10 the StatemenS of
the alleged victim, he had worked
on Pages farm near Long view
Texas for more than four years
Finding himself, as he thought
free of debt to Page, he went to
Dallas, although he was forced to
sneak away from Pages construc-
ton camp at Hawkins, Texas, for
fear that he would beat me and
carry me back to the Iarm."
Shortly thereafter, It was said,
Page induced Weaver, the Haw-
kins town marshal, to have Cara
way arrested on a false charge, re-
moved from Dallas to Hawkins.
and taken to Pages office there.
After Carraway had been beaten
by Page, Page charged Carraway
with owing him $500 plus $4,000
for Weaver's expenses, and ordered
him back to Pages farm to work
until the debt was paid. After
three weeks, Carraway again es-
capped.
This case is a continuation of
the determined policy of the De-
partment of Justice to thoroughly
investigate and vigorously prose-
cute all complaints involving peon-
age and involuntary servitude.
The case was handled for the
Department of Justice by Steve M
King, United States Attorncv for
the Eastern District Of Texas. The
Grand Jury investigation was re-
quested by Assistant ATTORNEY
General Wendell Berge.
Jackson advocate., 1942-10-31

have been reached by the mob,
even if it had gained entrance to
the mail cells.
Jackson advocate., 1942-10-31
Tenn. Sherriff'S
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the attempt"
Potter was placed i'll the bullpen
on the second floor of the building,
said the sheriff, which could not
Jackson advocate., 1942-10-31
National Youth
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Continued from Page u
which will include the First Street
Church Choir.
Mr.. Madison's coming to Jackson
mas been arranged by the Local
Branch OF the NAACP, as a part
Oh the present program of the Ma
tional Organization to contact as
many OF the local branches as pos
slole before government regula-
tions force the further curtailment
OF travel. A large crowd is expected
TO hear this distinguished visitor
Jackson advocate., 1942-10-31
26 Get Nurse Aid
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mer, Lucille Rhodes, Wilhemira
Sampson, Carrie Sheppard, Anna
F. Slaughter, Hattie Smith, Flossie
b. Taylor, Annette Bennett. Corine
j. Bracey, Eliza ]. Boykins, Virgie
FL. Mrumfield, Gladys Campbell
Lois Cotton, Joanna Eaton, Marie
Ford Frisco, Ruth Goodwin, Cleo
Harrington, Annie Mae Haughton
Archie Hopkins. Ada Jones, and
Misses Bessie Robinson, Minnie f.
Parish, Debora Ford, Gertrude T
Hart and Geneva James.
Jackson advocate., 1942-10-31
Man browns AS
Continued from Page II

the crew for about thirty DAYS, had
told his employers that he could
swim. The boat capsized about 200
feet from the bank on the west
side of the watershed.
A rescue squad, after recovering
the body, worked with a resusti-
cater for more than thirty minutes
but were unable to bring the
drowned man back to life.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-05-18
Clio Schedules I.v.
Shed Rally with
'No-Strike' PIedqe

Officials OF the ClO Shed work
ers union Monday scheduled rally
of cantaloupe packers for p. m,
in El Centres municipal baseball
stadium, and simultaneously prom
Used there will be no Stoppage of
work during the melon season in
Imperial Valley.
Union organizers said they ex-
pected at least 700 shed workers
would turn out for the meeting,
which was planned primarily to
clarity certain issues that will
confront both the employees and
the employers during the current
packing season.
Mayor Bob HattCn announced he
had accepted an invitation to speak
at the rally on the United China
Relief drive and the campaign to
sell valley workers an $88,600 share
in Americas war effort.
The CLIO recently renewed its eff
forts to organize migrant packing
shed workers here, and Monday
leaders confidently predicted the
union would have 10000 members by
next fall, when the Phoenix lettuce
season begins.
Since beginning CT the new men,
bership campaign, it was said, D.
500 fruit tramps' had signed up.
300 new members were obtained in
Imperial Valley alone, it was an
nounced.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-05-18
Committee Holds
Up Sales Tax Bill

SACRAMENTO, May 18-(UPD-
The Cochran bill, exempting con-
tractors from payment of state
sales tax on materials used in the
war effort. rests in the house rules
committee and there appears little
chance of it being reported out,
Dixwell Pierce, secretary of the
state board of equalization, said
today upon his return from Wash
ington, D. G.
Pierce spent a month in Wash
ington marshalling opposition to
the measure. He said "A states,
including % which have no sales
tax, were aligned against the
measure.
"Only by unanimous consent OF
the rules committee can the meas
ure reach the floor and we believe
that with this bloc of states against
it, there is little chance OF that
happening Pierce said.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-05-18

Imperial county rsnchers Monday
requested government officials to
help get an extension of the COM
missioner loan act which will ex-
pire on June /.
This act permits farmers to get
loans from the federal land bank
commissioner and is said to be the
only agency under which farmers In
irrigated areas may get any real
help with land financing. The fed
eral land bank loans are said to
be of little help to farmers in irri-
gated areas because of the restric-
lions surrounding this type OF
credit.
"If we do not get an extension
of the commissioner loan act, Sec
rotary Scott B. Foulds of the I'M
perial County Farm Bureau said
Monday" the farmers of Imperial
county will be left without land fl
nancing. The loans already made
through this agency will 60 on, Of
course, but we need the facilities
for others who may want to buy
land
Foulds telegraphed Senator'S Hir-
Imperial Valley press., 1942-05-18
Man Hitchhikes
ToFaceCharqe

LOS ANGELES, May 18-tUP)-
Charles A. Levine, As, first trans
Atlantic air passenger hitchhiked
here from New York for a court
appearance today he told Federal
Judge j. F.. T. O'Ccnnor.
Levine had been sought for fall
ure to pay a $500 fine on conviction
of conspiring to smuggle German
alien into the United States from
Mexico. A five months Jail sentence
had been suspended on his plea that
he was engaged in important gov
eminent transportation work
II went to New York because my
wife was ill.," Levine said, land l
got the flu myself. But when l
heard of the warrant, because / was
broke, hitchhiked here"
Hearing was continued to tomor-
row.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-05-18
Blonde Sought as
Key to ki||ingin
L.v.Fi|ipino Camp
Killer Empties Gun at
Companion. in Belief
Other Had Weapon

A blonde woman was the
object of a search throughout
southern California Monday
as officers investigated a Fill
pino killing in a labor camp
south of Brawley shortly after mid
night Sunday.
Jacobo valoria, 80, told officers
he emptied his pistol at Herman
Table, "a. because he thought he
saw Table reaching for his gun
while they were discussing blonde
Gloria Prior, who left Valoria sit
ting in a picture show in Brawley
Ito get a smoke" Sunday night and
failed to return. Valoria said he be-
lieved Table took Gloria away from
him.
Table died a short time after the
shooting and the hunt for Gloria
and Valoria began. Deputy Sheriff
Frank Raney arrested Valoria early
Monday morning when he returned
to the camp after being absent all
night.
The shooting occurred about l a.
m. and Table died about $40 am.
Valoria told Sheriff Robert w.
Ware and Deputy Sheriff Frank
Raney that he searched for Gloria
and Table for several hours before
he found Table at the camp where
all three lived near the intersection
of highway 80 and the BraWley
Main canal.
Monday the officers were qucS-
tioning witnesses to the shooting
which occurred outside the living
quarters of the Filipinos frequent
ing the camp.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-05-18
Calf. Interstate
Policies 0kayed

SACRAMENTO, May 10. (UP-
California was given clean bill
of health at the Washington, d. c.,
conference on interstate trade car
riers as far as railroad and truck
transportation is concerned. Robert
Reed of the State Department of
Public Works, reported today.
Reed and Stewart Mitchell of the
state division of highways returned
from the conference over the week.
end.
California restrictions on truck
loads are even more liberal than
recommended by Thomas Mcdonald
chief of the u. S. Bureau of Public
Roads, Reed said.
Earlier, C. j. Carey, chief of the
Bureau of Market Enforcement, who
also attended the conference, said
agricultural restrictions in Califor-
mia was given full approval.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-05-18

by any of the three unions contact
ed was enjoyed by the Construction
and General LaborerS union, Local
No. 1119, whose membership sky
rocketed from 100 to 900.
The Carpenters and JoinerS union,
Local No. 1910, reported it had total
members as of Monday of 432, an
increase of 1872 since November.
Truckdrivers, Warehousemen and
Helpers union, Local 1913, doubled
its membership in the same period.
In November, this union had $50
members. Membership today totals
500.
The trend toward unioniSm in the
valley, observers said, is traceable
directly to the extensive construc-
ton here of military establishments,
which must be 100 per cent union
under federal labor policy.
Wage scales in the carpenters
and construction laborers unions
have remained static, but some sub
stantial gains have been made by
the truckdriverS, or teamsterS union.
The carpenters scale is SITE per
hour, with the average weekly pay
of these workers being about $72
per week, counting overtime.
Construction laborers earn rs
cents per hour and, with overtime,
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Imperial Valley press., 1942-05-18
By FREDERICK OCHSNER
and REYNOLDS PACKARD

LISBON, May 10. (UP)-
The Axis is stalking every
thing, including almost g.
100000 troops now in Russia and
possibly 300 U-boats in the Atlantic,
on a last-chance onslaught against
the Red army and United Nations
shipping in hopes of victory at any
price" in 1912.
When we left Germany and Italy
last week, Adolf Hitler and the
highest Nazi and Fascist leaders
were firmly convinced that the
wars crisis was at hand.
The Axis is going to strike with
all of its strength and it can still
hit hard.
But the leaders know that they
are nearing the end of their rope
unless they quickly win new re-
sources. They know that the war
against America is unpopular; that
there is defeatism in Italy that Ger
man psychology has swung to the
defensive. They know that the strain
on Axis war production and on
home morale is increasing; that
Japan is an unpopular ally.
SUMMER CRISIS
If they fail this summer, there
is every reason TO feel confident
that increasing American war
strength will turn the tide so de-
cisively the Axis will never regain
the initiative.
Perhaps the most important thing
to emphasize is that it would be
foolhardy to believe the Axis is
cracking up or likely to crack up
before it is badly licked militarily.
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Imperial Valley press., 1942-05-18
Gir|,2,LostSix
Hours Near INLAND
As Posses Search
Child Found Unframed
After Toddling Away
TO Explore Desert

Adventurous Darlene Mad
ison, two-year-old visitor at
Frink near the north shore
of Salton sea, toddled away
to see the big wide world
Sunday, creating a furore that did
not subside until she was found six
hours later two miles from her
starting place.
Residents of inland and Cali
patria Joined peace officers and
Darlene's parents. Mr.. and Mrs.
Darrell Madison of Long Beach, in
the exhaustive search for the little
girl
The searching parties hunted
through the brush covered desert,
along the sea shore, and along the
railroad tracks leading in two direc-
lions from Frink. The child was
unframed by her adventure.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-05-18

MIN DencdUn IL oulludy H'oiAAi
He died in hospital at $3.50 am.
Monday.
Relatives said that TippS was
crushed beneath the tractor but re-
manned conscious throughout the
suffering he endured before the big
piece of equipment could be lifted
from his body. He was taken to
a hospital where he was treated for
chest injuries and for a crushed
ankle. At first it was believed he
would recover but he became worse
as the night progressed and died
at $3.50 am.
Tipps is survived by his wife, Mrs.
Kate Tipps; two daughters, Mrs.
Myrtle Gillett and Mrs. Herbert Lee,
both of Ell Centre; his mother, Mrs.
Mary E. Tipps; two sisters, Mrs.
Walter Rohl and Mrs. Jessie Carr;
a brother, William TippS OF Holt
Vile; and three grandchildren, Peg
gy Sue and Linda Kay Gillett and
William Lee. Tipps' body was taken
to the Lemons mortuary pending an
inquest and services. Services are
scheduled for 1890 am. Tuesday.
Andreas Salazar was killed late
Sunday afternoon and Arnulfo Car
deneas was injured so critically he
may die when a car driven by Felix
Ponce overturned three times at
Palm and H streets in Brawley's
eastside district. Ponce told Brawley
Traffic Officer Ed Walsh that he
was driving the car and when he
made left hand turn at the street
intersection, the car went out OF
control. Ponce suffered slight in
jurieS.
BOY INJURED
In a collision between pickup
truck and coupe west of Ell Centre
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escape a disastrous rOuI.
Evidently unable to halt Marshal
Semyon Timoshenkos steamroller
offensive, the Germans were said
in Soviet dispatches to be throwing
suicide squads of parachutists and
infantrymen carried on tank drawn
trailers into the seven-d ay-old
struggle.
The Russians reported that every
German counterattack had failed
however, that large units of Ger
mans were being encircled and an
initiated and that more than 300
populated places - many of them
left in fiery ruins by the retreating
| Nazis-had been taken.
Some reports said the eastern
suburbs CT industrial Kharkov were
afire after a Furnishing lombard
ment by the Russians, using artil-
lery abandoned by the Germans.
To the southwest, the Russians
were reported to have driven a
wedge far beyond Kharkov itself,
indicating that Timoshenko is
avoiding a frontal assault upon the
fortified city and intends to take
it with the Germans own tactics
of encirclement.
The German high command &C
knowledged that it's forces had been
fighting defensive battles for the
most part around Kharkov and
told of the destruction of large
numbers of Soviet tanks and mount
ing Russian casualties.
Britain added a successful chap
ter to the game" which the Raj
and navy has been playing with
Germanys remaining warships in
the North sea and along the heav-
lily bombed Norwegian coast.
TOFPEDOES SMASH SHIP
The air ministry in London an
noUnced that a fleet of British
bomberS, responding to the call of
reconnaissance planes, had caught
the 10,000-ton German heavy cruis-
err Prinz Eugen off Norway during
the night and sent aerial torpedoes
smashing into it.
A running sea-air battle was
fought as the British bomberS looS-
ed torpedoeS and cannonfire against
the Prinz Eugen and four destroyers
which evidently were escorting the
Prinz Eugen back to a German
dockyard for repairs to. the dam
age which the cruiser suffered three
months ago during her run from
Brest with the Nazi battleships
GneiSenau and Scharnhorst.
In the southwest Pacific there
were increasing signs of what may
be a renewal of the Coral sea bat
tie in the near future.
United States and Allied planes
searched the sea off Australia, seek
ing signs of the massing of new
Japanese invasion fleet.
In the air war over the Japa-
nese invasion islands off Australia S
northern flank, 10 japanese planes
were destroyed over the weekend
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