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Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1942-02-14
Governor Announces Third
Registration Day In Mississippi

WHEREAS, the Act amending
the s5elec i've Training and Servic,
Act Of l940, approved December 20.
l941, provides for the extension of
liability for military service for the
registration of the manpower of the
nation; and
WHEREAS, the President has by
proclamation on the fifth day OF
January, 1912, given notice to ali
persons in the several states, H.
Guiding the state Of Mississippi in
the District Of Columbia, and In
the Territories of Alaska, Hawaii.
and Puerto Rico, subject to regis
tration Of the third registration in
accordance with the provisions OF
the Act as amended:
(a) That the time of said regis
tration shall be on Monday, the
sixteenth day of February, 1912, be-
tween the hours Of z q. m. AMI
8 p. m.
(b) That every male citizen Of
the United States and every other
male person residing In the COLI
tinental United States or In tie
territory of Alaska or In the terri
tory of Hawaii or In Puerto Rico.
other than persons excepted by
section 5 (a) of the Selective Train
ing and Service Act of 1910, as
amended, and by section pee of The
Coast Guard Auxiliary and F.s:-
serve Act of 194l, Is required to
and shall on February 16, 1912, pre-
sent himself for and submit to ref
istration before duly designated
registration official or Selective
Service Local Board having juris-
diction in the area in which he has
his permanent home or in which he
may happen to be on that day, sllk,-
ject to the following conditions:
Cd If such male citizen or other
male person on December 81, ls41,
has attained the twentieth anal-
versary of the day of his birth and
on February 16, 1912 has not attain
ed the forty-fifth anniversary of the
day Of his birth and has not hereto
fore been registered under the Sc
lective Training and Service Act CT
1910 the regulations hereunder.
CD Provided that the duty of any
person to present himself for and
submit to registration in accordance
with any previous proclamation In
der said Act shall not be affected
by this proclamation.
90 A person subject to registra-
ton may be registered before the
day set herein If arrangements
therefore are made by local board
under rules and regulations prescrib
ed by the Director of Selectiye Selv
ice, public notice thereof to be given
by the local board when such ar
rangements are made.
"a A person subject to registra-
ton may be registered after the day
fixed for his registration in case he
is prevented from registering on
that day by circumstances beyond
his control, such person to present
himself for and submit to registl a.
ton as soon as possible after cause
for such inability ceases to exist.
WHEREAS, The President of the
United States has called upon me,
as Governor of the State of MiSsis-
sippi to do and perform all acts
and services necessary to accom-
plish effective and complete regis
tration, do now call upon and
especially enjoin all officials of the
State of Mississippi, the counties
and municipalities therein and Of
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1942-02-14


Columbus, who discovered America.
IN FAIRNESS, it should be remembered that all
parts of the country shared in slavery either as import
Sellers buyers and that section has the right
to lay all the blame another Rhode Island for exam
pe built O3 slave ships in ten years. and in ITO that
state alone, had $50 ships engaged in slave trade
DID THE SLAVES COME TO AMERICA EMPTY
HANDED We learn that the natives Africa were perhaps
the first to smet iron and skilled weavers rug MAX
ers potters and wood carvers.
AFRICAN SLAVES also exhibited decided intellect
ual ability. There Omar Ibn Said, North African
slave, who read and wrote Arabic with ease and was
probably the African slave taken to the University of
North Carolina than 100 years ago to confer with
of the professors about Arabic language and liter
ture.
PHYLLIS WHEATLEY African born slave, educated
in America became poet and letter from George Wash
ngton the first President the United States commend
ing her on her poetic talents on elegant lines.
BENJAMIN BANNEKER, Negro Astronomer and
Philosopher in ITO made the first clock to strike the
hours in America
CRISPUS ATTACKS, was the first American white or
Negro to be killed in the Boston Massacre of 1770 which
signad the start of the Revolutionary War; during which
this country gained its independence from England
PETER SALEM won distinction at the Battle of
Bunker HILL is credited with killing Major Pitcairn the
British Commander.
FREDERICK DOUGLASS one of the most gifted
American Orators became famous both in this country and
in England because of his speeches and writings against
Continued Page 81
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7id-Bits OF Negro History

NEGROES DID NOT FIRST COME TO AMERICA AS
SLACFS IN 1919 but least 100 years earlier according
to ancient manuscripts Alonzo Piero, ii Negro he Ne
gro) pilot Of the Nina Of the ships of Christopher
Columbus, who discovered America.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1942-02-14

Miss Marie Joe Browne, talented
Negro Dramatist, appearing In
Tugaloo College Chapel Satur-
day night, February 14th. She viii
render program Of readings from
Negro poets. original shits and
comedy numbers.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1942-02-14

HANDED We learn that the natives Africa were perhaps
the first to smel ron were skilled weavers rug max
ers, potters and wood carvers.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1942-02-14

BENJAMIN BANNEKER, Negro Astronon
Philosopher in ITO made the first clock to str
hours in America
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1942-02-14

PETER SALEM won distinction at the b
Bunker Hill, is credited with killing Major Pitcs
British Commander
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1942-02-14

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in America became poet, and letter from George
ington, the first President of the United States co
ing her on her poetic talents on elegant lines
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Continued ON Page 81
Evening star., 1942-10-13
'Rovinq Reporter

Robert H. Davis was a newspaper
mans newspaperman. He had valid
claims to fame as an author, an
editor, a playwright, a photogra-
pher and conversationalist, but it
will be as a reporter that he will be
remembered. Born in Nebraska in
1869, he served as carrier boy in
the Indian country, talking the
Sioux and Cheyenne dialects, riding
mustangs, learning that the world
is a cruel place and that the only
way to survive in it is to practice an
art of honorable adjustment to cir
cumstance and accident. 1t was
when he was % that he started on
the real business of his life, just half
a century ago. The scene was the
newsroom of the San Francisco
Examiner. Later, he was success
sively on the San Francisco Call and
the Chronicle, the New York Journal
and American and the New York
Sunday News.
The second phase of Mr.. Davis
career began when he joined the
Frank A. Munsey Company as editor
of long list of monthly magazines
including the Scrap Book, which
still in bound volume form is a de-
light to seekers for the lost gems of
literature. His new position gave
him opportunities to befriend o.
Henry, James Oliver Curwood, Zane
Grey, Albert Payson Terhune, Ben
Ames Williams. Mary Roberts Rine-
hart, Fanny Hurst. Dorothy Can
field and many other writer's In
their apprentice days. He did for
these budding authors much that
they could not do for themselves
plugged" for them with possessive
zeal. There was something fatherly
about him even while he yet was
young.
When in 1926 he went on the staff
of the New York Sun it was under
stood that he was to rove the world
at will, ito go wherever his fancy
led him and to write whatever he
pleased" He travelled more than
100000 miles. generally accompanied
by his wife, a gracious lady who
understood him thoroughly and was
tolerant of his restless spirit. Copy
solled back from him In q veritable
Evening star., 1942-10-13
THIS AND THAT
By Charles E. Trace,uell.

but never near enough to observe
leg band.
This we hope to do when winter
comes and the birds gather at our feed
ing station. Today they were hiding
nuts in the yard.
"Since our experience with Ruffles we
have developed much greater interest
in the jay family and keener apprecia-
ton of their song, intelligence and SEEM
ingly rare sense of humor
Sincerely E. G. F."
Blue jays and robins fall out Of nests
more than the young of other species.
Hence, more baby jays and robins are
raised by hand"
And it follows that more people de-
velop greater appreciation Of these
species.
Every one loves the robin. but not
every one likes the jay.
1t is helpful to the latter species, there
fore, when specimens are fed and taken
care of by humans, because it is safe
bet that no one who does so ever fails to
appreciate the bird.
The blue jay has been called a robber
in so many books that many persons,
with the best will in the world accept
the traditional verdict without much in
vestigation.
A sort of anti-jay cult has grown up
Many sincere friends of birds neverthe-
less find themselves saying harsh things
about jays, when all the time they might
like them if they would but let them
selves.
This is often the case, in birds as in
other walks of life 1t must be admitted
that jays sometimes eat the eggs of other
species, and no doubt some of them kill
the fledglings of other species, although
We have never seen them do so.
OF the other wing, Americas blue jay
is one of the very best birds we have.
It is, as our correspondent says, intelli-
gent, possessed of fine singing abilities
and has a really rare sense of humor.
Life to birds, sometimes seems to the
human observer to be all work and no
play.
The jays are the exception.
They never fail to get fun out of life.
In time when good clean fun seems
going out for humans, it is helpful to
look at the flashing blue and white of
the jays, and see how they manage it.
The blue jay is one of our all-year-
round birds. He is not constantly at the
feeding station, but comes usually with
two or three friends, for brief period
almost every day.
One winter we had half dozen ap-
pear every morning at exactly 7:20 am.
We could set our watch by them.
They remained not longer than 20
minutes.
This column for many years has sung
the praise of the blue jay, and it is al
ways pleasure to hear of other persons
who find out its good qualities and are
willing to tell others.
Evening star., 1942-10-13
Heuvy Naval Losses

Tne belated announcement OF the
loss of four heavy cruisers-three
American and one Australian-dur-
ing the early stages of the Solomons
attack brings to light what probably
is the most costly engagement in
which any American naval squadron
has participated.
In its original announcement of
this battle, fought during the night
of August SO, the Navy listed our
casualties as "at least one cruiser
sunk and two cruisers, two destroy
ers and one transport damaged"
The latest report reveals that the
United States cruisers Quincy, Vim
cennes and Astoria, as well as the
Australian cruiser Canberra, whose
loss was announced some time ago,
were sent to the bottom. This in
formation, the Navy says, was with
held for security reasons until new
ship dispositions could be made. In
other words, the original announce
ment was intended to mislead the
enemy concerning the extent of the
damage he had done. If, Incl
dentally, the American people also
we're nnisled, it must be assumed that
the necessity of protecting the men
remaining in the Solomons area was
sufficient justification.
The latest story of the fight itself
conceals nothing of the extent of the
disaster. Piecing together the official
communique and the reports of sur
vivors, it seems clear that the Amer
lean squadron was surprised. The
Japanese opened fire at exceedingly
close range and the American ships
were heavily hit before they could go
into action. The Quincy and the
Vincennes went down during the
night, and the Canberra and the
Astoria sank the following morning.
Happily, a majority of the crew men,
bers we're saved, but the Navy states
that the loss of life was heavy. Ap-
parently the enemy squadron escaped
without ship losses, although it
seems probable that some of their
vessels were damaged.
There is consolation to be derived
from the fact that the American
cruisers, while paying with their lives,
were able to keep the enemy from the
troop transports, which was their
primary mission. They fought gal
lantly and to the end. But there
should be no attempt to minimize the
daring, the skill and the marksman-
ship of the Japanese. Their triumph
was a notable one, and it should
dispel the last doubt that we are
faced with the toughest kind of a.
war
Evening star., 1942-10-13

licit and illicit under Section 20 (of
the Clayton Act, amending the
Sherman Act) are not to be dis
tinguished by any judgment regard
ing the wisdom or unwisdom, the
rightness or wrongness, the selfish
ness or unselhshness of the end OF
which the particular union activi-
ties are the means"
Further, said Justice Frankfurter,
the provisions of the Norris-La
Guardia Act, forbidding issuance of
injunctions against unions, should
be construed by the court to apply
to criminal proceedings, as in the
Hutcheson case. "Such legislation, !"
he explained, must not be read in
spirit of mutilating narrowness. :"
To be sure, the minority of the
court, Associate Justice Roberts and
the then Chief Justice Hughes pro-
tested strongly. mo court" they
said, "has ever undertaken so radi-
cally to legislate where Congress has
refused so to do" Such "usurpa-
ton by the, courts of the function of
Congress Gs) not only novel but
fraught, as we'll, with the most
serious dangers to our constitu-
tional system of division of powers"
But the law is not shaped by
minority decisions. What the ma
jority has said stands, and there is
small likelihood that the alleged
of1ense by Mr.. Petrillo will ever be
tried under the antitrust laws un-
less the high court should alter it's
Interpretation of the intent of Con-
gress, or unless Congress should en-
act legislation to deal specifically
with such questions.
Evening star., 1942-10-13
Vesper

stand NTH me here on the crap
Rhile belo,o US the summer day
slotUly recedes from the unl1ey.
Westward, the hills groU cool, their
shado,oy garments
Tinted NTH rose-lght.
Night rides in from the east,
Bedouin, dusky-sandHled,
The ruby Mars in his turban.
We are the gods looking dotpn
on the pageant OF time in the volley.
We breathe the incense of henalock,
OF fern and OF darkening mendofrs.
A late bird crossing the sky
Releases a fen bright notes,
Too golden for prodioal spending;
Notes OF infinite joy that lin1er and
shine on the silence.
INEz BARCLAY KIRBY.
Evening star., 1942-10-13
Victory for PetriIlo

The refusal by Chicago Federal
Judge to grant the Governments
request for a preliminary injunc-
ton against James C. Petrillo and
the American Federation of Musi-
clans marks another setback for
Assistant Attorney General Thur
man Arnold in his effort to employ
the antitrust laws to prevent al
leoedly wrongful union activity.
This case grew out of the ban by
Mr.. Petrillo on the manufacture of
records and electrical transcriptions
Elmer Davis, director of the Office of
War Information. has said that Mr..
Petrillo's action threatens to inter-
fere with the war effort by breaking
down the national system of COM
munications. In explanation of this
contention, Chairman James L. Fly
of the Federal Communications
Commission told a congressional
committee that the Petrillo ban may
"dry up" 40 per cent of the Nations
radio programs.
1t was on the basis of these eco
nomic considerations, plus the al
legged illegality of the ban, that Mr..
Arnold sought an injunction under
the Sherman Act. The judge dis
missed his request, however, with
out waiting to hear arguments on
Mr.. Petrillo's behalf, presumably
acting on the authority of recent
Supreme Court decisions which have
accorded labor unions the broadest
freedom in pressing their demands.
Mr.. Arnold has announced that he
will take an appeal, but it is diff
cult to see how his position can be
helped In the Supreme Court unless
the justices should reverse the phi
losophy If not the letter of their
earlier rulings.
The leading decision bearing on
Mr.. Petrillo's action is the so-called
Hutcheson case, in which Associate
Justice Frankfurter, speaking for
the majority, enunciated the follow
ing doctrine: so long as a union
acts in its self-interest and does not
combine with non-labor groups, the
Evening star., 1942-10-13
WESTERN AVENUE.

Dear Sir:
your column has brought much en-
joyment and helpful information to me
and keen pleasure to my mother in
Kentucky, to whom forward all This
and That
II was delighted to read your column
on the blue jay. recall so many similar
points in Ruf1es, our blue jay fiedgling
which strayed into our yard fresh from
the nest this past summer.
Besides the pleasure derived, found
him most educational for our two little
girls, who love birds.
"a neighbor kindly lent us a cage for
sleeping Mr.. Petrides of the Depart
ment of Interior outlined his diet, and
the wildlife department sent us a band
for his leg.
1--WE wished him to lead as normal
life as possible. so we gave him the free
dom OF the yard during the day and he
was only in his cage to sleep.
"By the second day he ate and drank
alone but preferred to beg and be fed
"Hard-boiled egg yolk, canary vitamin
food, corn worms and flies at first, and
small brown beetles and raisins were
added later. Worms and beetles were
desert which he frequently tried to get
first.
about the third week he bathed from
a saucer, tossed sticks, hid peanuts in
the bark of tree, carried wax paper
through the air and many little playful
acts.
Between feelings he would take to
the trees and return at my call.
IF we dug for worms, he would help
by turning over bits of dirt and peering
into crevices in a most intelligent
manner.
"Being very curious, he visited the
neighbors, looking in their windows and
doors, searching ones pockets and but
ton holes, taking raisins and worms and
hiding them, amazed later to find they
had been eaten or crawled away.
"By the fourth week he began to sleep
in the tree outside and his range covered
over nau C1e DlOCk,
''In early morning he kept watch at
the back door and later discovered my
bedroom window, where he would come
and warble softly, song very much like
the startling. Soon he would call Jay,
jay If I still didn't respond he would
set up deafening scream which brought
quick action for the neighbors' sake.
X X
"Ruffles, like Lilly Belle, your pet rob-
in, loved to talk back as long as talked
to him, but as he grew older he was
less conversational.
by the end of the fifth week, he was
definitely ready to seek the life of a
normal jay bird. He left one noon and
since that time there have been many
jays, one or two at time, in the yard,
Evening star., 1942-10-13

torrent. He never tired. His "col-
umns" grew into books and thus
achieved durability. And it amused
him to contribute to the Immortality
OF his distinguished contemporaries
by making camera portraits OF them
which revealed the soul of (his)
subjects Other hobbies to which
ne was devoted were fishing and
cooking, golf and the cultivation of
the cult OF Robert Louis Stevenson.
He discovered pleasure in the sim
plest things and gave JOY to many
people.
Evening star., 1942-10-13
Challenges. Report of Cars
Allegedly Sold to Mexic6.
To the Editor of The Star;

To the Editor of The Star:
should like to refer to your editorial
comment concerning 1000 freight cars
supposed to be sold to Mexico, your
editorial stating that ANY third-grade
pupil could mention number of ways
in which 1000 freight cars could be very
useful right here in the U. S. A."
invite your attention to comment
from representative of the American
Railway Car Institute reading as follows:
I'VE have no information concerning
delivery of 1000 freight cars to Mexico
originally built for q South American
country.
II have traced this news item to an
article in the Wall Street journal OF
September Is. The latter advised that
this was an Associated Press item origi-
mated In Mexico City.
There is no foundation to the rumor;
In fact we do not have, nor have we had
for the past two years, any quantity Of
orders for foreign countries resembling
such . total." II. 81. K1ERNAN.
Evening star., 1942-10-13
The Presidents MESSAGE

President Roosevelt did not offer
great deal that was new in his radio
address last night. Most of what he
said has been covered in the past,
either by himself or by officials of
his administration, but at least two
of the subjects touched upon are of
immediate and pressing interest to
the American people.
The first of these has to do with
the problem of manpoWer, and the
country was given clear picture Of
what may be anticipated in this re-
spect. Wisely, the President proposes
to solve this problem by voluntary
methods if possible. Addressing him
self particularly to those in the war
factories and on the farms, Mr..
Roosevelt stressed the Importance of
keeping men, as well as women and
grown children, at the jobs they are
best f1tted to do in the places where
their services will be of greatest value
to the Nation. But, he added. sit
may be that all of our volunteer
effort-hoWever well intentioned and
we'll administered-will not suffice to
solve the. problem. In that case, we
shall have to adopt new legislation.
II this is necessary, I do not believe
the American people will shrink
from it,"
This does not mean that compul-
sorry work legislation will be asked
for tomorrow or next week. The
volunteer methods will be given a
full trial. But if they prove made
quate, as they seem to be now, the
necessary legislation will be forth
coming, and the people, as the Presi-
dent said, will not shrink from it
because, above all other things, they
want to win the war in the shortest
possible time
The other principal theme of Mr..
Roosevelt's talk dealt with the need
of drafting men in the eighteen and
nineteen-year- old groups. Expressing
his belief that this lowering of the
draft age will be necessary, Mr..
Roosevelt said 1--WE have learned how
inevitable that is-and how i'm
portant to the speeding up of
victory"
This is not new, the President him
self having previously indicated his
belief that this step ultimately would
have to be taken. Furthermore, all
experience supports this judgment.
In this era of mechanical, fast
moving warfare, the vitality and the
daring OF youth are essential to vic
tory. 1t is a grim prospect, but it
cannot be avoided. Therefore, our
effort should be to induct these young
men with as little additional delay
as possible so that they may receive
the fullest training for the battles
that they will have to fight. Legisla-
ton to this end was introduced sew
eral weeks ago by Senator Gurney
and Representative Wadsworth. The
President leaves no doubt that the
time has come to act on it.
For the rest, the speech was marked
by tribute to Congress apparently
intended to eradicate the friction
growing out of the recent clash over
price legislation, and criticism of
unnamed typewriter strategists" of
the press and radio. The purpose of
the President in this latter comment,
evidently, was to assure the country
that our military operations are
being planned by military experts,
not by the amateurs. That certainly
is as it should be, and there will be
no disposition on any ones part to
take a contrary view.
Evening star., 1942-10-13

An Oregon hen laid an egg on a
roost only two inches wide. Married
couples among war workers who have
come here and have been visited by
the stork, have an idea how she must
have felt.