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BERLIN is BLASTED
BY ALLIED FORCES

(Continued from page one)
from enemy domination.
Russia was virtually invited by
the president and the prime min
lister to attend the next Anglo
American conference, which it
has been decided to hold before
the end of the year.
Meanwhile, the two allied
statesmen declared, Russia will
be kept fully informed of Anglo
American decisions, obviously in
Guiding those made here, insofar
as they concern the war against
Germany and Italy.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1943-08-26

Ouage but to the Midwestern Press Asso-
citation; for in Ollie the group IS getting a
fine leader. He is a newspaper man of ex-
perience and ability and is happily endow-
ed with the quality of being able to work
with all types of individuals and groups.
We predict a successful year of the Mid
western group under his leadership.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1943-08-26
Order Of Congratulations

At the meeting of the Midwestern Press
Association in Ashe county on Saturday,
o. c. McQuage, publisher of the Mocksville
Enterprise, was named president. We want
to take this occasion to express our con-
gratulations, not so much to Publisher Nc
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1943-08-26
SCHOOLS OF COUNTY
OPENED ON MONDAY

CONTINUED from Page One)
by the school bus system, will al
so defer opening until August 30.
All school buses are reported i'm
good condition and are making
schedules.
Detroit evening times., 1943-01-10

The nations lady sailors will
mind the miz'enmast or what
ever in uniforms designed by
Mainbochcr, a Chicago boy who
became one of the most famous
Of all Partisan couturiers be-
tween the first and second
World Wars When war again
engulfed Europe in 1889, Main
bocher set up shop in New York.
Undoubtedly, the WAVES are
the first women ever outfitted
by a couturier Of MainboCher's
international reputa a ion for
what amounts to. peanuts
These lucky lassies will be
able TO buy a genuine Main
bochcr tWO-skirt wool suit of
blues without cuffs for a mere
S32. These are strictly bargain
basement rates for a couturier
IN whose shop a simple, little
black dress runs to three figures
in addition TO the one supplied
by the customer.
The WAVES Winter uniform
consists of a single-breasted,
four-button jacket 25 inches in
length, and a six-gored skirt.
On the collar of her jacket, each
WAVE will wear the Corps in
Detroit evening times., 1943-01-10

to their own individual choice.
But the WAACS uniform is prescribed
from tip 20 toe and from the skin out Her
underwear, meaning slips and panties. is OF
handsome cafe-au-lsit rayon She sleeps in
pajamas fine coral-pnk cotton in Summer,
flannel in Winter.
Even her barracks bedroom 10 us civil
ians) slippers of dark maroon leather are Gov
ernInent issue.
Uncle Sam figures that the cost Of the
WhAC'S basic outfit either officer or private
is approximately S255 and this also includes
a years maintenance.
Detroit evening times., 1943-01-10

ners in chic.
The Best-Dressed Women of 1e43 are d
the women in Uncle Sans uniforms the
and the WAVES.
The bangles and the brilants OF the Big
whom Mrs. Harrison Williams has been as A
Adhem for years, fade into insignificance this
season in competition with Army khaki and
Navy blue.
Neat. natty and nautical, the bounding
WAVES have been bowling over civilian XII
bitzers in uniform designed by the couturier
who has dressed the Duchess and many an
other Best Dressed for years.
The WAACS, trim, trig and tasty, are in
ftrating throughout the country In khaki
turned out by the nations best tailors.
Not only are the WAACS and the WAVES
all dressed up, but quite definitely these women
have some place 10 60 Smart in more ways
than one these gals are on their way TO re-
place Army and Navy personnel who will thus
be freed for more active duty.
The Army and Navy. confronted and con-
founded for the first time in their histories
with the problem of clothing feminine
branches of the service have solved the mat
ter in opposite fashion.
Both called in experts TO design their re-
spective uniforms. Then the Army which
has always clothed its masculine battalions
from the skin out, decided TO do likewise for
the WAACS.
For generations, no one had thought it
amiss that the Army provided its personnel
with adequate underwear. No one had ever
become unduy excited because it issued
shorts and socks 70 men.
So it was an innocent, happy Army that
released for publication last Spring the stark
outline Of garments 10 be issued to the WAACS.
TNventy-four hours later II was sadder
and a wiser Army. Every crank in the coun-
try some in Congress and few in the Army
itself seemed TO feel that the nation was in
danger Of cracking up and falling apart be-
cause the Army had decided 70 issue two
girdes TO each WAAC.
It's head blooded but unbowed the Army
went grmy ahead at the task Of providing
WAACS with proper and adequate clothing.
That still includes girdles.
But the Navy shuddering over the public
hub-bub aroused by the mention Of gar
ment which seemed so innocent, decided on
the Easiest Way Out
The Navy, having approved the design Of
all outer garments to be worn by the WAVES
authorized n dress allowance Of $3.50 for Off
GERS and 5000 for enlisted women.
The Navy doesn't care whether the WAVE
wears the coarsest cotton or the sheerest chif-
fon beneath her uniform. What the nations
best dressed sailors wear beneath the top deck
is nobodys business not even the Navys. as
long as their slips don't show.
Out Of her $3.50 allowance If she is an Of
ficer, or her 5000 allowance if she is an
listed WAVE. the Navy's Best Dressed Girls
can provide themselves with either old-fash-
toned nightgowns or with pajamas, according
Detroit evening times., 1943-01-10


stion button, which looks like brass, will
shine from the blouses. And an officers
rank will be indicated by sleeve stripes of
reserve blue.
Two dark blue jackets and three skirts
are regarded minimum equipment for
any well-dressed WAVE.
With these natty blue uniforms. the WAVE
will wear one Of three shirts-also designed
by Notwithstanding to the occasion.
For So, a mere fin, the WAVE can purchase a
white rayon silk dress shirt. A Navy blue
shirt of spun rayon is a steal at 81 20. The
reserve blue shirt sells for a mere $3.50
These luscious shirts, with a stitched V
for-Victory dingus in front, are worn with an
adaptation of the sailors tie loosely knotted at
the throat. Your correspondent must admit
they frightfully becoming
Manbocher has also designed a delectable
Winter overcoat for the WAVES which viii set
them back only S35 For mere $3.50. the
WAVE will be able TO buy a Mainbocher dou-
ble-breasted raincoat with heavy, detachable
lining
The WAVES hat is Something! 1t is ex-
tremely nautical but nice, in that the brim
rolls up softly on both sides forming a sort
of fashionable visor in front. This hat will
cost every WAVE $21.
The brim is Of navy blue but the high
crown will have three covers. One will be a
navy blue and two will be white The hat
also has a "havelock" which is sailors
snood minus the holes A havelook is a rain
cape or sou'wester designed TO cover the
WAVES hat and hair in black weather
The WAAC must wear at all times the
handsome military oxford of dark brown
leather issued her by the Army. The WAVE
can wear any kind of sensible low-heeled"
oxford she wishes with her working uniform
Detroit evening times., 1943-01-10
By NEZ ROBB

h HOSTRADAMUS was good in his line. But your
III correspondent would like 20 venture predc-
U tion solid any Of his Here goes: The
Ten Best t-Dressed Women OF 1e43 will definitely not
be Mrs. Harrison Williams, Mrs Byron Foy. the
Duchess of Windsor Rosalind Russell and their part
in chic.
The Best Dressed Women Of 1e43 definitely
the women in Uncle Sans uniforms the WAACS
and the WAVES.
The bangles and the brilliants of the Big Ten TO
whom Mrs Harrison Williams has been as Abou Ben
insipnfcance this
Detroit evening times., 1943-01-10

But at night
she can wear
bla ck high
heeled pumps. 1
For ork
purposes, both
the w A A CS
a n d [ h G
WAVES will =
wear the Isle
CCOtton) hose.
But they wear silk
hose with their dress
uniforms.
Probably the snap
piest. most becom-
ing bit of headgear
designed for women
IN years was the
Army's happy adap-
tation Of the French
Army officers high
crowned. stiff billed
cap for WAAC wear.
w A AC officers
will wear a single
breasted blouse or
jacket Of dark olive
drab covert cloth.
worn with either a
matching skirt or
w j t h pin ks" a
ii & hter shade of
beige-gray. WAAC
prlvates will wear
the same Cd. colors
worn by men in the
Army. All WAACS
Detroit evening times., 1943-01-10

Q 1913 by American Weekly Inc Great Rights
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1943-08-21
Dance
Given Al

GREENSBORO, N. G. 49, With
the gymnasium gaily decorated and
music from the masters OF swing
and melody - Duke, Cab, Hender-
son and the rest of the boys float
ing out from the wax disks ampli-
fled by Director A. G. Bowling's
sound system superb, the Fourth
Service Command Signal School No.
2, Twelfth Group, entertained the
A and T. goods and ladies from
and around Greensboro with their
farewell dance.
AS one entered the gym, his eyes
fell on a large welcome sign sur
rounded with miniature jeeps
tanks, signal devices and other i'm
plementS of war.
Serving and acting as host SIS
was Miss Ordie Roberts, assisted ~
Miss Julia johnson, Miss Elizabeth
Glib and Miss Wilma Clayton.
About midway the dance, with
Pvt. Waldo Edwards as EN- Gee,
half hour of entertainment was be-
gun.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1943-08-21
Hazel Scott To
Appear In Film
Rhapsody In Blue

NEW YORK - Co - Miss Hazel
Scott, the darling of Cafe Society
and Hollywood, has returned to
New York at her favorite shot, the
Uptown version of Cafe Society this
week from Hollywood success in
sTropicana," 81 Dood 1t" and
Broadway Melody"
Kenneth Spencer was on hand to
welcome Miss Scott while his place
at the Downtown spot was filled by
Aubrey Pankey. Spencer was filling
in for the Golden Gate Quartet, re-
Gently Hollywood-bound also.
Hazel, in one of those beautiful
backless evening gowns, sang for the
crowds Jump For JOY, and some
new tunes she picked up from the
coast. Her engagement here lasts
only four weeks, for she will return
to Hollywood to play herself in
Rhapsody in Blue" flicker on
the life of George Gershwin i'll
which Anne Virgins Brown also
stars. Hazel will be accompanied by
her mother.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1943-08-21

GREAT LAKES, Hts N 81
The second in a series of three per-
fornlances of 1.-THE Ballad of Dorie
Miller" an original play telling of
the herosDn Of the Negro Blue
jacket. was staged Sunday, August
8, in Camp Lawrence at the U. s.
Naval Training Station. Great
Lakes, Illinois.
More than 2,0cC recruits Of Camp
Robert Smalls crowded that camps
drill hall last Sunday when a dra-
matte group headed by Owen Dod-
son, seaman, End class, OF 469
Quincy street, Brooklyn, New York,
staged the first performance. The
final presentation will be Sunday,
August IS, in Camp Moffet.
"The Ballad written by Dod-
son, numbers in its cast of So sail
ors, recruits from three 'boot' COM
uanies and Service School stu
dents, as well as men attached to
the Stations various departments.
Charles Wesley, of 1871 E. Bell
Street, Jackson, Mississippi, plays
the title role, and Frank A. Sllvera.
of 78 Dale Street, Roxbury, Massa-
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1943-08-21
MAINTAIN Moreland, Buck-Eyed
Comedian, Defends Glowing

lywOod scene Just now. relieved
himself of a series of opinions last
week which were interesting. More
land and Ben Carter have just
former a team which, because of
their wide contacts and the UNI
doubted artistic standing, is expect
ed to soar to new heights in the
portrayal of funny situation.
Moreland, referring to Walter
White and the NAACP in its cur
rent interest in the theatre said:
Il admit there's big job for
those guys to do but they should
start with the man on the street"
They ought to put out deputies,
Moreland continued, lin each COM
munity like little Toxic" here in
Los Angeles and even some parts
of Central avenue-HastingS street
in Detroit; Fillmore street in San
Francisco; Beale street in Memphis;
Rampant street in New Orleans;
Five Points in Denver; North Sec
ond in Miami and 125th street in
New York City. These deputies
could help to see to it that those
people who don't conduct them
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1943-08-21
9th Quartern1dster Choir
Thrills 1000 Soldiers

CAMP LEE, Va.-(SNS) - The
Ninth Quartermaster Training
Regiment choir directed by Pvt. j.
Harold Montague, presented a
musicale at the George Washing
ton Carver Theatre last Friday
evening. More than 1000 soldiers
and civilians heard the choir in its
first program conducted by Pvt.
Montague who headed the depart
ment of music, Virginia State col
lege, before entering the Army.
Appearing with the choir were
three soloists, Cpls. Alan Garcia,
James Harrison, George Bennett,
the Regimental quartet and orch
eStra.
The choir sang six numbers:
"The Lords Prayer "Steal
Away" "Wfo Will Be a Witness?
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1943-08-21
Owen Dodson's
Original Play
Draws Interest

chusettS, serves as narrator.
Others in the cast include Francis
D. Goldberg, of 3414 MCGOWAN
Street, Houston, Texas; Theodore
Hines, of Sc Milton Road. Rye, New
York, and Timothy Hawkins, OF
1u48 N. Franklin Street, Chicago
Movement is by Charles Sebree, of
63 E, 46th Street, Chicago and mu~
sic by E. Waynan Hathcock, oil
146 Boulevard, N E. Atlanta
The one-act production was flrst
performed at the Camp Snalls
Sunday Evening Hour February 4
has since been published in Thea
tire Arts Magazine, and is now
being used by the Service Shows
Division of the Canadian Armed
Forces.
The hero Of the ballad Dorle
Miller, 90 year-old Blueiacket from
Waco, Texas, was awarded the
NAVY Gross f"e heroism at Pearl
Harbor hy ADMIRAL Chester W
Nimitz, commander-in-chief of the
Pacific Iaeet
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1943-08-21
Actors Do Good
Job Entertain
Negro Soldiers
Victory Unit
Statutes 93rd At
California Camp

HOLLYWOOD - CAMP - Prob
ably none of the camps where Ne
gro soldiers are quartered gets the
benefit of better entertainment
than those located here In the far
west. During the early days II APP
pears that the colored troops were
sometimes overlooked by the USO
shows in camps where both we're
chartered but service clubs and
theatres we're indifferent areas.
Miss Hattie McDaniels. Ben Car
ter. Ernest Whitman and others be-
gan suggesting TO white actors
whom they knew never to forget
the colored service clubs. Later
they began to pool their money and
TO take other Negro acts 10 the all
Negro camps themselves. Clarence
Muse being one of the leaders and
usually acting as master OF cere-
monies. Nicodemus was another
generous with his services.
Then the Victory committee took
over the task of organizing shows
out here for camps. Miss McDaniels
il in charge of recruiting talent
among the colored actors SO that
now through the efforts of Ben
Carter, Ernest Whitman, MAINTAIN
Moreland. Clarence Muse and Miss
Mcdaniel, the Victory committee
sends shows of both races to white
and colored camps alike.
Last weekend, Miss Eta Moten.
who has been spending several
weeks on the coast, Miss McDanielS,
Babe Wallace, Ben Carter and
MAINTAIN Moreland did a show for a
white camp in the desert territory
and then went on few miles fur
Their to Camp Clipper where the
93rd division is busily engaged in
desert training. They gave their
show in a great uncovered ampnl-
theatre with thousands of colored
soldiers seated on the sloping sides,
and to terrific appreciation.
The week before Miss Mcdaniel,
Miss Moten, Ernest Whitman, the
Edwards sisters, a clever youngSter
act and Teddy Hale appeared at
Camp Lockett. down near San
Diego, where the 10th cavalry Is
stationed.
Miss Moten and Miss Mcdaniel
remarked on the quite evident fit
ness of the men. The long rigorous
training dlas, they said, made them
really fit.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1943-08-21

Il Love Thee Gonna Journey
Away" and Give Us Tools" Most
of these were arranged by the
conductor.
AS the rain, which continued
throughout the program, fell in
the outdoor theatre, Cpl. Harris
sang Crying of Water by Camp
bell-Tipton, while Garcia sang
None But the Lonely Heart" by
Tschaikowsky and Il Love Thee, :
by Greig. The applause which had
been heavy, resounded through
the night after CT. Bennett fin
ished "Old Man River" by Kern
In answer to demand for an encore
he returned to sing Because"
The Regional Orchestra played
several numbers at the close of
the program.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1943-08-21

Jones, an advertising representa-
tive for the Ohio State News, de-
clared in his petition that his wife
has willfully absented herself from
his home since Aug. l, 1910. He
asks that their two children be
allowed to remain under present
arrangements. A 5-year-old daugh-
ter resides with Miss Horne in
Hollywood where she is under long
term contract to Metro GoldWyn-
Mayer studios, and a 2-year-old
son lives here with Jones.
Coincidentally the latest cinema
stormy Weather" starring Miss
Horne opened at the Lincoln thea
tire the day the petition was filed.
The divorce action is the second
filed against the startling beauty by
Jones in recent years. In 1941 he
sued in Pittsburgh and charged
desertion. This marital crack up
resulted from quarrels over the re-
sumption of her theatrical career,
according to intimates of the
couple.
The Jones we're married at Pitts
burgh Jan. Is, 1887, and Miss Horne
retired from the theatre. How
ever, after they had separated she
re-entered the Broadway whirl and
attained her present heights through
a series of smash hits in night
clubs and motion pictures.
Jones, it was learned, did not
press for a divorce upon request OF
his wife's attorneys to allow her TO
apply for the divorce. Miss Horne
had made no attempt TO secure the
divorce. stated her spouse, hence
his latest action.
Atty. l.. r.. CurtiSs of this city
will represent Jones In the pro-
| ceedingS.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1943-08-21
Cootie Williams
Is Solid In [ our
OF East's Seaboard

NEW YORK - QPS) - Cootie
williams, the "growl' trumpet ar
fist. who last week, with his band,
made q sensational new record in
attendance at Harlem's Apollo
Theatre has by now given samples
of his fine musical ability i'll sew
eral cities along the eastern sea-
board.
Williams. with a background that
include his appearance with Benny
Goodman, Duke Ellington, Chick
Webb and Fletcher Henderson was
featured in Norfolk, Va, on August
Is and ID On August II, the band
played Richmond, Va. and the next
night at Raleigh, N. G.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1943-08-21

HOLLYWOOD - amp - one
Of the topics most frequently dis
cussed among those circles in which
the more important colored actors
i'm film move, is the current atti-
tude toward roles assumed by col
ored actors. Almost inevitably the
comment veers around to the now
famous visit of Walter White to
California last year in what the
actors contend was the Self-ap-
pointed role of Mr.. Fix-It."
They insist that Mr.. White came
out to adjust q job for which he
was i'll fitted to serve, that he did
not deign TO consult with or secure
the opinions of any of the workers
on the job and that manifestly if
he attempted to speak for two and
B half million colored theatre 60
ers, he was in no position to reveal
what was in the mind of that army
either.
START In STREET
MAINTAIN Moreland, one of the top
delineatorS of comedy on the Hol-
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1943-08-21
Anne Cooke Takes
Over At Hampton

Daughter of Mr. William w.
Cooke, retired Gary, Indiana gov
eminent architect, and Mrs. Cooke,
Miss Cooke is graduate of Oberlin
College and subsequently studied at
the Chicago Art Theatre and at the
American. Academy of Dramatic
Art in New York City.
She also spent summer in Mos
COW, attending the drama festival.
and studying the Russian theatre
in 1885,
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1943-08-21

HAMPTON INSTITUTE, Va. -
merly in charge of the drama de-
partment at Spelman College, and
head of the Summer Theatre and
Summer Theatre School at Atlanta
University, has been appointed di-
rector of the Communications Cen
ter at Hampton Institute, Acting
President r. OHara Lanier an
nounced Wednesday.
Miss Cooke, who succeeds Robert
j. Sailstad as co-ordinator of the
writing and speech laboratories,
literature courses and Journalism
and drama workshops at the Tide
water college, has already arrived
on the campus and is at present en-
gagged in preparations for the fall
semester.
Phi. ID. CANDIDATE
She came 10 Hampton from the
Yale University Graduate School,
where she recently completed resi-
dence requirements for the Phi. d.
degree, and she is at present max
ing final manuscript revisions on
her dissertation, "The Acting Styles
of Garrick, Siddons and Edmund
Kean in Relationship to English
Tatse."
Miss Cooke also spent part OF tie
past year as college visitor for the
Association of American Colleges,
travelling to educational institu-
tions as representative Of the Ms
socaitions
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1943-08-21
Actors ContendThey Portray
Negro Life AS They Find 1t

selves decently. who are loud In
theatres, curse, wear conspicuous
clothes and in a million different
ways reflect upon the rest OF us,
might be induced to change their
attitudes and habits. Much good
could be accomplished.
FROM REAL LIFE
THE scenes in pictures which are
now called degrading would really
be artistically beautiful creations if
the man on the street were not llv-
ing the scenes in real life. What
people really resent is the fact that
the situations are true. If we COM
mercialize on the comedy in some
of the situations, it is art to peo-
pie who actually do not know that
it happens in real life.
"A campaign to straighten out
the real situations among our peo-
pie would be more like starting at
the root of the evil. You can say
what you will about Judging all
Negroes by the conduct of one and
the evil which results from that
attitude but to tell the truth the
undesirable Negro is in the major
ity so far as meets the eye,
IF a national campaign we're
started" said Mr.. Moreland In con-
clusion, ito see that every Negro
who meets the eye of the white
man is desirable in dress and man.
ners, then any actor who portray
ed Negro in laughable situations
could be called an artist rather than
"a Negro acting natural. Walter
White did not need to come to Hol-
lywood to improve the Negroes sta
tuS in pictures. He could start the
ball rolling by improving the sta
ture of Negroes in every town and
city where the NAACP has an or
ganization for advancement"
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1943-08-21
WAC PROMOTED
FROM REAL LIFE

FORT DIES MONIES, Ia. Aug
-(ANP)-First 1t Ruth Loretta
Freeman of Liberty Texas has been
promoted to the rank of captain IN
The Women's Army corps, accord
mo to an announcement from
headquarters in washington, D. 9.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1943-08-21
START In STREET

MAINTAIN Moreland, one of the top
delineators of comedy on the Hol-
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1943-08-21
Ballad Of Dorie Mile" Is
Dramatic Hit At Great Lakes

The citation, accompanying the
award, told of how Miller carried
his wounded captain to safety
while their ship was being attack
ed bv Jap bombers and Zeroes, and
then manned a machine gun until
bombed and burned out, bringing
down four Jap planes. That was
the first time Miller. a mess atten-
dant, had ever fired a machine
gun.