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The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1942-12-12
ASK WOMEN TO.
RESIG N FROM.
ORDNANCE JOBS.
Report Scheme To Avoid
Employment of Negro
War Workers

A cleverly conceived plan by
which the Ordnance Department
hopes to avoid employing Negro
, women was reported at the Citizens
Committee for Jobs in War Indulge
try this week as the Committee out
lined the first phase OF its new pro-
gram to combate discrimination
gainst minority groups in local de-
Tense plants.
The eubterfuge Was reported by
the Rev. Chas. c. Hill, chairman OF
the Committee who revealed that a.
Negro woman was asked TO resign
her position after having Deen-told
that the Ordnance Division eodld/no
longer employ her. Hill said<1he
woman had worked for the Ord
nance department for short while
but was asked 10 resign. He added
that this was f>plan by which Of
fcials could eliminate Negroes
from the department" and escape
prosecution by the Fair Employment
Practices Committee which is sched-
uled to hold a hearing here in Feb
ruary.
The committee issued a warning
to all Ordnance workers not TO re
sign their positions at the request
of THEN superiors,
To Lobby for State FEPC
A new plan of action, which will
90 into effect Immediately, calls
for the passage of an FEPC bill in
the State OF Mich gan in cooperation
with other government agencies and
the committee urged the appoint
ment of a group 10 LOBBY for state
leg .slation al the next session of
the State Legislature.
The program also includes the OBJ
servance of an Anti-Discrimination
week among all churches and rcli-
gious groups throughout the. city
and state. According TO plans this
discrimination week will be
observed in January of next year.
Probably one of the most con-
structive efforts on the part Of the
Committee is that 10 have placed on
the War ManpoWer Commission a
Negro who is with the discrimina-
tory policies Of employers and woh
would urge the immediate prose-
cution of employers guilty Of violat-
ing Executive Order 1902 which pro-
hiolts discrimination,
ExceIlO Plant Cited
Aside from the policy OF outright
refusal to hire Negroes, the FEPC
will also hear cases OF discrimina-
lions of the worker m the plants
such as the recently reported condi-
SONS at the Excello plant which
employs 200 Negroes, l79 of this
humber in mental capacities.
According TO Thomas E. Flowers,
an employee at the Excello plant,
management has .flatly refused to
employ skilled Negroes regardless
Of their training and has ignored the
pleas Of tn bargaining committee OF
local 1877 which has been trying to
break down discrimination at the
plant.
Flowers said there is no indication
on the part of the white workers
that they object 10 working with
+ Negroes and added that many Of
! 81 1.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1942-12-12

ITO those allies - if we are to
win either the war or the peace -
we must prove that we want demo
cracy for all men, not merely for
white men. We have already lost
battles because we failed to make
allies of millions. Of brown people
who would have joined the fight
# they had thought that victory for
England or Holland or the United
States meant freedom for them. We
have lost the zeal AZ one tenth of
the American people because they
cannot see any advance in their
lights and opportunities even if the
United Nations win. This war
against totalitarian enemies can be
won only by total democrac",
Nov we have to learn tina there
cannot be isola even in preiu-
does. We have to learn that free
dom for India and the East Indies
must be fought as ardcntly as free
dom for England or Holland, that
democracy in China is all of piece
with democracy in Norway - and
in Alabama
The world is too small for the
out-numbered white races TO live
by themselves; it is too, large foI
the White minority to dominate. We
must prove that "ye are willing &c
live in fsllo,y.hin with other race;
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1942-12-12

An electrically operated. device has
oeen invented by a New York man to
remove odors and purify the air in a
kitchen at a rate of lO64cubic feet a
minute
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1942-12-12
Negro Naval Battalion
Now Training For Duty

paraded in complete military atu-
tude. symmetry and official formula.
Rear Admirsl L. B. Combs, assis-
tant chief of the Nays Bureau oil
Yards and Docks. along with other
high-ranking Naval officers, watch
ed with intense interest, and dis
played a most wonderfully expedi
ent ratification of this first Negro
battalion of the Naval Reserve. We
left Allen on October 25, and arriv-
ed at our new Camp, Bradford, the
same evening. e
Here at Bradford we are given the
finishing touches to our previous
fundamental military training, With
miles of beaches along the Atlantic
Coast, brackish swamps, wooded
uplands, and lowlandS tough with
scrub brush, Bradford offers ter
rain for training that matches the
difficulties We "Seabees" might OK
pect in sny distant nook or fi7sure of
the globe. Here we received more
combat training, including landing
operations and the use Of light ar
a.lery and anti-arcrdft guns.
Through the foresight of our bat
alion comman5er. Lieutenant Com
mander ] P Mclean. Jr.. this Negro
battalion has been placed under the
supervision of a group Of the best
white trade instructors TO be found
anywhere in the nation, Because
70 per cent Of this group came from
the South, the officers selected to
lead US also came from those parts.
1t has been clearly shown by our
leaders that they want, as much as
we do, to make this first group of
Negro "Seabecs' one o. the best
battalions TO leave the States.
/ With this kind of feeling and de-
sire coming from our white off,
Gers, We colored tradesmen have
developed an exceptionally high re-
gard for our superior officers. and
are ready to perform any task plac-
ed before us.
As we complete our raining al
this great center, we are ready to
90 with ever-Incfeaslng realization
of our responsi bility 10 some I'M
lNnown Island X where tbs ~reat
Negro group will add TO the we'll
earned reputation of our shipmatcs
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1942-12-12
ANOTHER OHIO
PLAN 7 WANTS
NE R 0 LABOR
American StOvewOrks In
LOrain Consents To
Employ Them
BY JOHNNY WILLIS

LORAIN. CAMP = Labor de-
mands for Negro manpower reached
an all time high here this week
when the Lorain plant of the Amer
lean Stoveworks, after an hours
interview with this Association Ne
gro Press writer, consented TO en-
rloy Negroes, both men and women,
INTO the defense effort after pre-
liminary settlements with the CLIO
bargaining agent have been COM
pleted.
The plant is now holder of i'm
portant government contracts for
the making of airplane parts and
a general call for additional man
p6wer is expected to boost the en-
5oyment from some 225 working
force to more than 1000 men and
women, according to 7. M. Sour
beck, general manager of the plant,
when interviewed in his Office by
this writer.
When asked of the policy regard
ing colored help, Sourbeek init
mated that colored workers in other
plants owned by the company and
tt1at he felt that something good
could be worked out for the employ
ment of Negroes at the Lorain
plant In regards to Negroes seek
ing full indignation into the war
production effort, Sourbeck claim
ed that be favored colored being
admitted into the defense classes
right along with. the rest and that
they would have chances of adj
vancement according to the skill
that they showed in the perfor-
nance of their work
Satisfactory plans Of employing
Negroes are expected to be COM
pleted for the local plant after
wage dispute has been settled be-
tween the United Stockholders oil
America, local 140l, and company
officials. Discussion with union Off
cials indicate that the local will
carry out the national policy OF
Inc clio by establishing no barrier
for the induction OF colored wor-
kers.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1942-12-12
Julius ROsenWald Fund
Aids Race Relations

In the Review Of the julius Rosen-
u.s,d Fnnd inst issued President
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ing the past TWO years I94o 10 lS4<'
the fund expended 81 $50 600 on It's
programs Of education, health. and
race relations Chief expenditures
were S5OOOOO for the preparation
Of white and colored teachers for
southern rural schools; S20O0O0 for
fellowships for ~ Negroes and As
white southerners; $3.50 900 for Ne
gro universities - Fisk, Atlanta
and billiard, $4,000 for Negro
health underline difeetian-of Dr..
NJ o. Bousiield, who is now lieuten-
ant colonel in charge of the base
hospital Of the first Negro division
Of the United States army at Fort
Huachuca. Ariz.
For the years ahead. Mr.. Embree
repoTTS The funT eXpeCts to put
special emphasis on race relations,
looking toward much fuller demo-
cracy in America and throughout
the world To head the new pro-
gram in race relations. the fund has
appointed as co-directorA DR. Will
W Alexander of Atlanta and Wash
ington. formerly head of the Farm
Security administration. and DR.
Charles S. johnson, director of the
/ de1artment of social science, of
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1942-12-12
Booker I. Speech
In New Anthology

NEW YORK. - tANP) - Booker
T. WaShington's famous speech on
the american Standard" is includ-
ed in "A Treasury Of the Familiar. ~
the anthology compiled by Ralph
L. Woods and published Recently
by Macmillan, with a foreword by
John Kieran.
81 consider this one OF the most
impressive talks ever given by any
one" the author said in telling why
he included it in his anthology
Booker T Washington was man
of unusual stature. a man of sinceS-
ity and courage. and his the Aneri-
can Standard has long since earned
for itself lasting place in Ameri-
can literature. No anthology Of the
familiar could be written without
including this important work"
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1942-12-12
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The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1942-12-12

but He who made the trackleSs
path across the sky for the sun by
day and the moon by night-He who
let down the curtain of night and
pinned it nth a star-He who put
glory in sunrise and the grandeur
n a sunset the purple in the violet.
the White in the lily the red in
he rose-can keep you from falling
iGto temptation and bless your
Womanhood unto the perfect day"
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1942-03-27
TODAY'S DEMOCRAT"
HERALDS EASTER

Last weeks issue of the Worcester
Democrat carried announcement of
spring opening events. March goth
marked the formal opening of the new
spring season and merchants an
nounced their readiness with complete
spring stocks of practically all lines
of spring merchandise.
This week Easter" is the keynote
and again advertisers call the atten-
ton Of Eastern Shore shoppers to
their gorgeous Easter displays. They
urge you to enlist in fashions dress
parade in defense Of your country's
morale Spring is the silver Lining in
the dark clouds Of 1912 Let Easter
sunshine break through the dark war
clouds. Have hope. have faith. and
may this Easter be symbolic of the
Peace that comes cut oil Chaos.
Remember that all the resources
of the advertisers are at your dispo-
sal to help you enlist in fashions dress
parade Read the advertisements
carefully. Each enc contains a per
sonal message.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1942-03-27
Music LOVERS Club
Presents A CQpfQta

Continued from Page ]
Club viii present the cantata; "The
Seven Last Words of Christ"
The club has been rebeatsiug for
the past several weeks On this work,
composed b. Theodore Dubois, and it
is considered one Of the best Easter
cantatas ever written. The musical
organization ably directed by Mrs.
Reide Onley, Of Temperanceville,
draws its members from Pocomoke as
we'll as from Virginia. With Mrs. John
Towe, of Parksley, club acompanist,
at the organ, furnishing an instru-
mental background, this promises to
be one of those unusual treats for
those people who enjoy good sacred
music.
This service is open to the public,
and everyone is invited to share in
this program during the Lenten sea-
son. Keep this particular evening OPP
en- to attend this service which pre-
sents in a musical manner, the last
words spoken by the Saviour from the
cross.
Don't forget the date, April third,
Good Friday night, at eight o'clock.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1942-03-27
ANNUAL DINNER
MEETING TO BE-
HELD APRIL "a
The Subject OF This Years
Meeting VIII BE The Sister
Kenney's Paralysis Treatment"

The Worcester County Public
Health Association is pleased to an
nounce that its annual Dinner Meet
ing will be held in the Community
Hall, Snow Hill, on Friday, April oath
at $50 Pm
The subject of this years meeting
will be The Sister Kenney Method
for treating Infantile Paralysis. AS
most of you know, Sister Kenny has
established an entirely new method
for treating this disease which will
probably change the entire medical
point of view
The story Of Sister Elizabeth Ken
ny of Australia is fascinating and
should be an inspiration to one who
enters the field of public health. 1t
was in this work that She was called
upon TO use her knowledge and in
genaity in diagnosing and treating
cases under circumstances in which
physician or hospital could not be
reached.
II the British Empire all head nur-
SEES are given the tide of SISTER, -
thus the name Sister Elizabeth Ken
ny. She began her work in the Aus
tralia Bush Nursing Association about
1911 when it was first organized 1t
was while working in this Association
that she developed her line Of treat
ment. BY her close observation and
application Of treatment on several
hundred patients Sister Kenny has
been able to bring complete recovery
in 10 percent to 80 percent of all In
fantile Paralysis patients.
Since 1888, Sister Kenny has been
endeavoring TO present to the med
ical world her observations and treat
ment. She has lectured in many pla-
ces throughout the world including
Melbourne, Australia, and Surrey,
England. She then appeared before
the Orthopedic Faculty of the Uni
versity of Minnesota in Minneapolis,
and next at the Wilmington General
Hospital in Wilmington, Delaware.
She has divided her time while in this
country between Minneapolis and
Wilmington, although her headquar-
ters are in Minneapolis.
DR.. George j. BONES, Associate in
Communicable Diseases at the Will
mington General Hospital, will be the
speaker at the dinner meeting. Sister
Kenny has referred most of her work
in this section to DR., BONES, as he
not only comes in contact with many
of these cases but he thoroughly be-
lieves her method of treatment the
only one to advocate in treating In
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1942-03-27
Local Merchants Max
ing Changes In Stores
Continued from Page ID

(COntlnued from rage -
erected shortly after the fire of 1922.
The old floor will be displaced by a
16-inch fill Of earth, on top of which
will be laid cement and on this, a lay
er of thing. This will appear to be a
permanent repair job and will not
have to be removed for many years.
1t is understood that the firm will
branch out into a line not before car
ried, notice of which will be given in
due time.
In the A. and P. store, the parti-
ton in the rear, cutting off a part
of the floor space for a back storage
room, has been moved some six or
seven feet further to the rear, there
by giving much more floor space.
The firm has added much new fur
nishings in the way of counters, show
cases, and a refrigerator. Walls have
been adorned with thing and the en-
tire interior painted, light green be-
ing the prevailing tint. The effect is
most noticeable, and the marked i'm
provement must give results in trade
increases.
The American store on Market
street has installed new stand for
fruits and vegetables. This is sup
piled with a mirror arrangement
which has the effect of doubling up
the quantity of stock, and proves to
be rather deceptive to the eye.
Besides this, there has been a plen-
tiful use of paint, and the counters
have been improved by a thing fin
ish, very neat and attractive. The re-
arrangement of furniture seems to
add to floor space, and gives better
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1942-03-27

opportunities for display.
The old established firm of Lloyd
and Blaine, under the able manage
ment of "Jack" Lydon, formerly with
the Woolworth 90 and TO-" the A.
and P, ably directed by Eddie o.
Toole; and the American, with Ed
ward Ford, at its helm-all have "a
BILE and courteous attendants and these
establishments are now ready to serve
the public under, new, better and more
satisfactory conditions.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1942-03-27
Continued from Page ID

According to Trooper Edwin Nc
Gee. investigator OF the accident, the
car Of Ray Ross, Pocomoke, landed in
ditch after it and a car driven by
Isiah Purnell of Princess Anne, coIlid-
ed about 1915 a. M, Sunday, on the
West Post Office road near Princess
Anne.
Ross was charged with passing an
automobile on the right side and Pur-
nell with failing to keep to the right
of the center of the road.
Another accident was reported ov-
er the weekend in Salisbury. John
B. Davis, Al, Route /, Salisbury, was
charged with failing to give right-of-
way after his truck and patrol car
No. 1T of the State Police driven by
Trooper Roger Harris, 81, of Barrack
: E. collided.
Police said Davis truck struck the
police car at the intersection of Lo-
Gust and Fooks street damaging the
police car approximately 5000.
Davis was taken to Peninsula Gen
eral Hospital where he was treated
for decorations of the face and was
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1942-03-27

fantile Paralysis. DR.. BONES has
perhaps had more experience than any
doctor in this part of our country in
applying the Kensy treatment for In
fantile Paralysis. 1t is indeed most
fortunate that the Worcester County
Public Health Association was able
to secure the consent of so prominent
doctor in this field to address their
next meeting.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1942-03-27
Local and Rural News

Mrs. Elmer Hall is spending sever
al weeks in Plant City, Florida.
Mrs. J. Harry Young entertained the
afternoon bridge club on Tuesday.
Mrs. E. Farrell Bowen is spending
the week with relatives in Elkton, Md.
Mrs. W. Sidney Stevens was host
ess Wednesday to the luncheon bridge
club.
Mrs. J. A. Gremmel has returned
from a weeks visit with relatives in
Baltimore.
Mrs. Benjamin T. Dryden has re
turned from visit with her mother
iO Mannheim, Pa.
Mrs. Arthur Shettle and young
daughter, Sandra, of Beverly Manor,
are in Florida.
Mrs. Emerson w. Polk left the lat
ter part of the week for brief stay
ta Philadelphia.
Mrs. Grady E. Powell, of Laurel
ST., is the guest of Miss Myrtle Lark
ford, in Elkridge, Md.
Mr.. R. j. Lambden spent part Of
the week in Baltimore called there by
the death of 4 relative
Mr.. T. Norman Tull, Of New York
City, spent the weekend in Pocomoke
and at Public Landing.
Mr.. and Mrs. Woodland Benson, of
Pennsville, N. j., spent the weekend
with relatives in Pocomoke.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. J. Adams Of Bal
timore have been recent guests of Mr..
and Mrs. S. Walter Russell.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wesley C. Dryden and
family of Grand Rapids, Mich, are
visiting his mother, Mrs. Maude Dry
den.
DR.. A. A. Parker who has been
housed sometime by reason of illness
is undergoing treatment at DR.. Beck's
clinic.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Henderson,
Of Baltimore, spent part of last
week with their mother, Mrs. S. W.
Carey.
Lieut.. Howard F. Stevenson, of
Quantico, Va, spent the weekend
with his mother, Mrs. Upshur P. Ste
venson.
Mr.. John T. Ratledge, who is on q
construction job in Seaford, Del,
spent the weekend with Mrs. Rat
ledge here.
Mrs. Lewis H. McCready, of Cape
Charles spent the weekend at the
home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
C. F. Corbin.
Miss Myrtle Landlord and Mr..
Fleming Landlord spent Friday and
Saturday last as guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. Grady E. Powell.
Miss Nettie E. Barnes left Thurs
day for New York City called there
by the illness of her sister, Mrs. T.
Norman Tull.
After a stay of several weeks with
her sister, Miss Anne Young, Mrs. S.
C. Whitbeck returned to her home in
New York on Tuesday.
Mrs. Bessie Willing was called to
Baltimore, Monday by the illness of
her son, Preston Willing, who is in a
Baltimore City hospital with pneu-
Raonia.
The Woman's Society of Christian
Service of Bethany Methodist Church
will meet at the Church Tuesday night
March 31st. Members are urged to
attend.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph C. Stevenson
and daughter, Miss Barbara Steven
son and Miss Betty Rose Tull spent
Sunday last with relatives in Cape
Charles.
Mrs. William D. Keim has return
ed from Newport News where she
spent the past several weeks with her
son and his wife, Mr.. and Mrs. Will
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1942-07-30

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