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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-07-31
Strednnliners
One Year Old

The Streamliners, organized by
Mrs. Walter OHair, president of
the Parks and Recreation Com
mission. celebrated their first
birthday today.
Now organized on a military
basis. the Streamliners number
&e than 5000 The first meet
attracted 600 women into the
program, which produces physi-
cally fit women to aid in the war
effort.
A review OF their first year of
activity shows they aided in sell
ing War Bonds and Stamps, do
mated blood TO the Red Cross
Bank, and acted as hoSteSses at
the Rouge Park Servicemen's Cen
ter, made afghans for convalesc-
ing sailors at the Crosse lie Naval
Base Hospital, raised more than
$1,000 for the Infantile Paralysis
Fund and helped raise funds i'm
the American Red Cross campaign
and the poppy drive.
A dozen former Streamliners
are now enlisted in the WAVES
and WACs.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-07-31

ment salutlng this American
Victory City"
THE City that put the
World on Wheels is now the
Arsenal Of Democracy" states
the advertisement.
Detroit has heart, too
points out Pennsylvania Cen
trail.
"It led the nation i'm the
speed with which IL raised funds
for its war chest. IL recently
exceeded national charity
(American Red Cross by more
than half "A million. This hard
hitting. Woodworking. never
say-die city il "A Victory City
OF which all America il proud.
America Is plain lucky to
have ltw
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-07-31
Housing Survey
.BeingCondu(ted

A survey of dwelling units in
Detroit, Hamtramck and Highland
Park was being conducted today
by the department Of commerce.
bureau or census AT the request of
the National Housing Agency
Mrs Julia r kuhl. in charge Of
the survey said IL will determine
the proportion OF occupied and
unoccupicd dwellings. the per-
centage of available rental vacan-
CieS and their condition, number
.of rooms and monthly rentals. and
other information needed by the
MIA.
Experienced personnel will
make calls in the representative,
areas selected for the survey.
which will be completed within
two weeks. she said.
Order War Stamps delivered
TO your home by your Detroit
Tin1pG aarrfar
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-07-31

Fitfb Neutrality-suspicious. c
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-07-31

allowing for the increased cost
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-07-31
Be Proud of Detroit:
10000 Added
To ~ Pay Rolls

EDITORS NOTE-ThiS is the sixteenth and last
in series Of Detroit Times articles dcScrbW0he cBs
gigantic contribution IN support Of our fighting
Clip and mail 10 man az ScrUice so he may learn the
truly great work DetroerS doing to help Cn the cGr.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-07-31
BY JERRY PETIT

Do you know that 10000 persons added Detroit
pay rolls 1912 that weekly earnings Detroit
"a per during the year that Deroits
purchasing has increased so since 1887
allowing for the increased cost
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-07-31
Arsenal OF Democracy,
Put World on Wheels

These are facts brought out by
Pennsylvania Central AirlineS in
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS advertise
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-07-31

Gel your Want Ads in TO-
DAY for The big Sunday
Times-now over 100000
eirculation-the greatest Of
any Michigan newspaper.
Call Celery $500 any time
up TO $50 p. m. 70 place
your Want Ads.
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1943-07-31
Appointed To
National Council
Of Red Cross

WASHINGTON, d. C.-The APP
pointment of DR.. Charlotte Hawkins
Brown to the National Council on
Red Cross Home Nursing, to re-
place the late Mrs. Robert r. Mo-
ton, was announced this week by
Mrs. August Belmont, chairman of
teh Council DIR. Brown is founder
and president of Palmer Memorial
Institute, Sedalia, N. c.
The Council, which includes "a
persons representing both profess
sional and lay viewpoints, has ex-
banded its program of Red Cross
Home Nursing in order to help
the peopleof the country better
meet their increased need of main
tanning health under wartime con-
ditions.
Upon DR.. Browns acceptance Of
the post, Mrs. Belmont wrote: "As
in all community services which
tuch the home and family inti-
mately both the heart and mind
must guide the making of policies
and the furthering Of our home
nursing program in all parts of the
country. Because we have reason
to feel that this is the approach
you hav made in other endeavors.
and becaues your knowledge of the
needs of the Negro race and the
means by which they may best be
met, we will welcome your consel
and your cooperation"
DR.. Brown attended public school
in Cambridge, Mass, and is a grad
uate of the State Normal School,
Salem, Mass. She attended Harvard
Summer school from 1901 to 1909.
She received her honorary degrees
Of M. S. from Livington College.
Salisbury, N. c., and L. L. D., from
Wherefore University, Xenia, o.
Or. Brown has been actively iden-
titled with the Federation of Wo-
mems Clubs and the State and Nat
ional Association of Teachers in
Colored Schools.
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1943-07-31
Boys 1919 Years
Can Postpone
Induction

Students, 18 and 10 years old, in
high schools or similar institutions,
who are called for induction into
the armed forces while they are
in the last half of one of their ac-
ademic years henceforth may have
their induction postponed, upon
their own request, until the end of
their academic year, the Selective
Service Bureal of the War Man
power Commission said today.
Selective Service, in advising its
State Directors of the action to be
taken on high school students,
pointed out that it conforms to
Public Law 126, which was signed
by the President On July 9.
The advice to Selective Service
State Directors stated that amy per-
son 18 or 10 years old who, while
pursuing a course of instruction at
high school or similar institution,
is ordered to report for induction
during the last half of one of his
academic years at such school or
institution shall, upon his request,
have induction postponed until the
end of such academic year or until
he ceases to pursue such course of
institution, whichever is earlier"
Heretofore, under previous law,
the induction of high school stu
dents, not otherwise deferred, was
postponed only if they were in the
last half of the academic year at a
high school or similar institution
when they received their order to
report for induction and request
postponement. AS the academic
year of most schools begins in Sep
TENDER and ends in June, only
those students who received their
order to report for induction in
the last half of the schools acad-
emic year were considered entitled
to have their induction postponed.
The amended law adjusts this sit
uation by stating that the student
shall have his induction postponed
upon his request if he receives his
notice to report for induction in
the last half of ''his" academic year.
Registrars in summer vacation
are not entitled to postponement of
induction, but registrants IS or 10
years old attending summer session
at high schools or similar institu-
tons are entitled to postponement
of induction if they have COM
menced the last half of one of
their academic years, Selective Ser
vice said.
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1943-07-31
State Non-Conns
Rewarded For
Efficiency

TUSKEGEE ARMY AIR FIELR,
ALA, July 30-Many non-commis-
stoned officers were rewarded for
their efficiency on the recent pro-
motion list at the Tuskegee Army
Air Field. Among the fortunate
group were five Mississippi youths.
The men from Mississippi who have
progressed in grade are: Staff Ser
geant Lucius A. Hayden of Pass
Christian, Miss; Sergeant Charley
w. Jones of Louise, Miss; Corpor-
ais Samuel S. Triplett of Tupelo,
Miss; Napoleon B. Lewis of Nc
Comb, Miss; and Newell Mcleod,
of Bassfield. Miss.
S/Sgt. Hayden of 335 Hiern Ave.
Pass Christian, Miss, graduated
from Tougaloo College in 1885 with
a Bachelor of Arts degree He was
principal of Randolf High School
of Pass Christian, prior to his in
duction into the service on Septem-
Der 5, 1912.
Sgt. Jones, son Of Mr.. and Mrs.
Jack Jones of Box 46, Louise, Miss,
was indicted into the army on
August %, 1912.
Cpl. Triplett, son Of Mr.. and Mrs.
Sam Triplett of Darlowe, Miss, is
a former student of Okolona Nor
NAL and Industrial School. He was
indicted into the army on October
"A, 1941.
Cpl. Lewis, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Meredith Lewis of COL Warren ST,
McComb, Miss, attended Tougaloo
College from 1910 to 1912. He was
an interior decorator, prior to en-
tering the service on July %, 1912.
Cpl. Mcleod, son of Mrs. Kateo
Mcleod of Bassfield, Miss, was a
butcher, prior to his induction into
the service.
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1943-07-31
Man Here Dies
Of Gun Wound
Received July Il

Newt Buckley, 35-year-old negro
who was shot by negro woman
in the 500 block of North Mill
street on the night of July 81, died
at local hospital here yesterday
morning, officers said.
A negro woman, identified by po-
lice as Mary Turner, 80 of 703
West Pascagoula street, was ar
rested soon after the shooting by
Officers L. K. Maddox and Jesse
Mangum and was charged with
shooting with intent.
Captain of Detectives B. Frank
Rodgers said yesterday that charge
of murder would be brought against
the woman and that preliminary
hearing would probably be held in
city court Friday.
The negro man was shot in the
abdomen right over the appendix
by 38 pistol said by officers to
be his own gun.
Officers said that the negro wo-
man charged in the shooting had
left the scene and was returning
when arrested
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1943-07-31
Featured On
Coast To-Coast
Radio Program

James Holmes, Jr., 20-year-old
Negro sailor from Philadelphia.
Pa, was a featured soloist on the
Meet Your Navy" coast-to-coast
radio programs, broadcast from the
U. S. Naval Training Station, Great
Lakes, H., Friday, July 2.
The young tenor, who was en-
ployed as a clerk at the Frankfort
Arsenal in his home city prior to
his enlistment in the Navy, sang
"As Time Goes By.'5 A seaman.
second class, he is attached to the
Music and Entertainment Depart
ment of the Great Lakes Negro
regiments as choir director.
Son of Mr.. and Mrs. James HoI-
mes, of 735 N. 39th ST, Philadel-
phia, the Bluejacket began his sing
ing career while attending West
Philadelphia High School, from
which he was graduated in 1910.
While in school he sang in the
glee club, capella choir, and the
music appreciation club. He also
sang first tenor in the boys choir
of the Church of the Crucifixion.
Holmes accompanist on TIL e
broadcast was Austin Mitchell, "a,
apprentice seaman, of 22O8 N. 9Th,
Philadelphia. He was church or
ganist at the National Temple Bap-
list Church in Philadelphia for four
years.
Meet Your Navy" is broadcast
over, 116 stations of the Blue Net
work, and features the Great Lakes
Military Band, the Rhythm Or
chestra and the 200-voice choir. 1t
comes on the air at 7:30 p. m.
CWT., and is rebroadcast by short
wave to our armed forces over
seas.
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1943-07-31
Grounds OF Colored
Skating Rink To Be Scene
OF Big Riddle Picnic
Date Set For Third
Monday In August

This week, work was begun or
the Fourth Annual Mississippi En-
terprise Riddle Free Picnic which
will be held this year the third
Monday in August, on the grounds
Bring your skates and join in
the Skating Contest.
Those who wish can bring their
own baskets, although there will
be plenty of free freshments for
everybody
of the Colored Skating Rink, Po-
cahontas Road, IL block from No.
bus line.
The Picnic will be given for all
the children in the city and already
large groups are preparing to share
in this day of pleasure.
Aside from having ample space
on the grounds around the Skat-
ing Rink to engage in many kinds
of activities and games, the inside
of the Skating Rink will be used
for those who prefer the shade and
GOODNESS Of the inside.
Committees have already begun
to line up children for the picnic.
Free transportation will be given to
all children under II who bring in
a clipping of a coupon that will
appear in next weeks paper. Be
sure to get your coupon.
Each child who attends the Pic
mic will be given a free refresh
ment ticket and one Toe Defense
Stamp for only 10c.
Don't forget the Bigger and Bet
ter Mississippi Enterprise Kiddie
Picnic-a whole day of fun for ev-
eryone.
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1943-07-31
More Registrars
Called This Week

This week the following regis
trants were called by their local
boards for physical examinations:
Nealy Benson, Jr., William Clay
Buckhalter, Ed Erwin, John Gil
more, Earl Joe Gray, Norman J.
Henderson, Walter Norton, Robert
Hester, w. c. Johnson, Johnnie Nc
Elroy, Joe Michael, Rubin Michael,
Clifton Robinson, Charlie Shakes
pear, Percy William Shaver, Willie
Taylor, William Thomas, Roosevelt
Washington, John Lee Wesley,
Robert Windon.
John Johnson, Ernest Hicks, Tom
Carter, Joseph Perry, Nathan Mig
gins, Willie Powell
The following egistrants of Kinds
County Board No. 8, Raymond,
were also given physical examina-
lions this week:
Nathaniel Bennett, Charlie J.
Bruce, Robert Lee Rollins, George
Smith, Jessie w. Thomas, Joseph
Hopkins, J. H. Hayes, Edgar Nc
Whorter Isaiah Williams, Robert J.
Jackson, Eldred Cooper, Eddie Por-
ter, Fate Currie, Gus Allen, 7 j.
Vaughan, Oscar Lee Jackson,
Smith Vance, John Donahue, Char
lie Adams, Edward Cranberry, Al
bert Sidney Johnson, Andrew Per-
ryman, Frank Hamilton, James
Harding Oates, Louis Young, George
MCGEE, Samuel Jones, Tim Patton,
Ben Farrie, John D. Patton, Col
Inns Harvey, Ellis Leroy, Claude
Ernest Robertson.
M. c. Evans, Alonzo Higgins,
Charlie Myers, Mason Robinson,
McCurtis Stamps, Arthur Neal Will
Continued on page sixO
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1943-07-31
I. Arnold Hill
Appointed BY
Prentiss Brown

Price Administrator Prentiss M
Brown has appointed T. Arnold
Hill as Special Assistant to the
Administrator to deal with racial
matters, according to an admins
trative order issued this week by
Mr.. Brown.
Administrative Order No. "a
dated July is, outlines Mr.. Hills
duties as follows:
The Special Assistant shall be
attached to the Office of the Ad-
ministrator and shall be response
bic to the Administrator for the
successful performance of his as
signments.
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1943-07-31
Beauticians
Close Meet
In Meridian

MERIDIAN, Miss, July 20-What
was termed as the best in the his
tory of the organization was the
Third Annual Session of the Mis-
sissippi Independent Beauticians
Association which was held here
last week. The Association was a
climax of the fifteen-day Summer
School which was conducted for
beauticians and was largely at
tended with representation from
three states and ably conducted by
MINIS. Annitte L. Hart of New Or
leans and five assistants from Mis-
sissippi.
The Association meetings were
inspirational and educational from
start to finish. Aside from the
many styles and demonstrations
presented were the brilliant adj
dresses delivered by Mrs. R. L.
Coleman of Amherts, Mass; DR.. L.
F. Brooks, Mr. Henry Strayhorn
and others. The meeting was eli
on the second night with a
dazzling hair style review and
exercises for the sum-
mer school graduates.
Prominent out-of-state visitors
included Madams Radcliffe, Foster
and Smith of New Orleans, La; Mrs.
Senola Thompson and daughter of
Texarkana, Texas, and Mrs. Parker
of Alexandria, La.
Officers elected for the ensuing
year were: Mrs. L. B. Thornton,
jackson, president; Mrs. Carrie
Washington, Lambert, vice presi-
dent; Mrs. P. w. Redmond, Brook
haven, financial secretary; Mrs.
Pearl Davis, jackson, recording Sec
rotary; Miss Andre v. Greenlee,
Kosciusko, corresponding secreta-
ry; Mrs. P. V. Mcdowell, chaplain,
Clarksdale; Mrs Parthenia Bell,
Senatobia, parliamentarian; E. F.
Young, Jr., Meridian, treasurer;
Levye Chapple, Greenville, public
relations counselor.
The Summer School and State
Association will be held for the
duration in Meridian.
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1943-07-31

THE Special Assistant shall at
the request of other OPA officers
in the National office or in the
field, or on his own initiative, re
view and analyze plans, programs
and procedures, and consult with
those officers to assist in developing
methods for the inclusion and par
ticipation of Negroes in the prog
ram and to encourage and ensure
the support and cooperation of the
Negro people for our program.
Recommend to the responsible
officers such action as his interpre-
tation and analyses warrant with
regard to:
Il. The appointment of Negro
members and employees of local
war price and rationing boards.
'2. International services for
the distribution of international
materials to Negro groups, educa-
tional institutions, publications and
other public relations outlets.
IS. Other methods of securing
compliance with or enforcement of
price, rent, and rationing regula-
tons in Negro areas.
Counsel and advise the Person
mel Division on methods of secur-
ing paid and volunteer employ
ment in the national and field Of
fees.
Provide consultation and advice
to other OPA officers on CORE
spondence, complaints, reports and
international materials on Negro
problems involving OPA Negro re-
lations"
Mr.. Hill has been on the OPA
staff as Special Assistant to Dep
uty Administrator John E. Hamm
since October, 1912. Mr. Hamm
left the agency July 1, 1913. Prior
to coming to OPA, Mr.. Hill has
been Industrial Secretary of the
National Urban League, consultant
in the Federal Work Projects Adj
ministration (WPA), and assistant
director in the Office of Negro AT
fairs, National Youth Administra-
ton.
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1943-07-31

The valuation of the stamps on
successive Sundays and the setting
of common expiration date is the
same procedure used in the past
four months.
At the same time, the OPA re-
mined housewives that four sets Of
red stamps-"P", 90, r. and
"S"-expire Saturday. July 81.
These stamps should be used well
before the expiration date in order
to prevent last minute rushes at re-
tail stores, OPA pointed out.
The new validity dates are con-
tanned in Amendment No. IL to
Supplement- of Ration Order Is,
effective July "a, 1943.
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1943-07-31
SIS Harmon, Warship Named
After Negro, Launched Sunday
Mother Of Hero Christens
Ship AT Colorful Ceremony

The first United States warship
named in honor of a Negro, the De-
stroyer Escort HARMON, was
launched Sunday, July IS, from
the Fore River yard of the Beth
lehem Steel Company at Quincy,
Mass. The SIS HARMON, a 300
foot vessel was named for the late
Leonard Roy Harmon, Mess Attend
ant, First Glass, u. S. ~, who was
awarded the Navy Cross postum
mously for extraordinary hero
ISM while aboard the USS SAN
FRANCISCO, during action against
enemy Japanese forces in the Bat
tie Of GuadaIcanal, November u
and 10, 1912.
Mrs. Naunita Harmon Carroll, of
Cuero, Texas, mother of the Ne
gro hero, was sponsor for the new
vessel. Mrs. Carroll had as her at
pendants, her daughters, Miss Paul
inc Mabry Harmon, a war worker
in the Air Service Command at
San Antonio, Tex, and Mrs Con-
stance Elaine Edwards of
Ell Paso, Tex. Mrs. Carroll was
also accompanied by her husband,
William D. Carroll, principal of the
Hudspeth County Training School.
The sponsoring party also included
Mr.. and Mrs. Gustave M. Solomon
of Cambridge, Mass. Mr.. Solomon,
an electrical engineer and graduate
of Massachusetts Institute of Tech
nology, is the highest ranking Ne
gro employed by the Bethlehem
Yards. He is a technician at the
Fore River Plant
Following the launching, Mrs.
Carroll was presented with a silver
bowl, inscribed in memory of the
occasion, by Edward c. Geehrs, as
sistant general manager, on behalf
of the shipyard.
A reception was also given the
sponsoring party in the companys
dining room. High ranking navy
officials, headed by Rear Admiral
Harold T. Smith, supervisor of ship
building at the Fore River Yard,
also attended
Proudly wearing her hero sons
Navy Cross, Mrs. Carroll cried
bit as she smashed the bottle of
champagne and said, Il christen
thee Leonard Roy Harmon" But
she was less emotional after the
launching as she told of her sons
efforts to enter the Navy. He was
turned down at first, she said, be-
cause he had a heart murmur,"
but he kept coming back to the
Enlisting Station until he was fin
ally accepted after the fourth try.
He was % at the time of his death,
and had served four years in the
service. He was at Pearl Harbor
on December 7, 1871, and saw SER
vice in several other engagements.
Mrs. Harmon is also proud of
the war work of her other son,
Cornelius White Harmon, employed
at the Naval Base at Corpus Christi.
Tex. She herself was formerly
public school teacher.
The text of the citation accompa-
nying the posthumous award of
the Navy Cross to Harmon is as
follows.
Continued on page six)
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1943-07-31
Sugar Stamp
No. IA Valid
On August Is

Sugar Stamp No IA in ration
book No. l, will become valid Au-
gust Is and will be good for five
pounds of sugar through October,
according to an announcement by
OPA this week.
This is on the same basis of pre-
vious rations-about one half pound
per person per week.
The presently valid stamp N. 13
will expire August IA
OPA said it made the early an
nouncement to enable the trade to
plan packaging.
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1943-07-31
Construction
Workers Paid
Big Wages

Negro construction workers on
$50 war public works projects
throughout the country have earned
nearly $4,0O0,O0O in wages since the
beginning of the program. accord
ing to a report submitted this week
to Maj. Gen. Philip B. Fleming,
Administrator of the Federal Works
Agency, by w. J. Trent, Jr., Ra-
cial Relations Officer.
Wages paid to Negroes represent
ed 19 percent of the total payroll
on these projects. OF this amount
more than 100000 went to skilled
mechanics.
More than one-third of the total
payrolls on projects in the Distric
of Columbia, Virginia, North Car
DINA, South Carolina, Alabama,
Georgia, and Mississippi was earn
ed by Negro labor. In South Car
olnia, Negro workers earned "a per
cent of the skilled payroll; in Ken
lucky and North Carolina, IA per
cent, and in Mississippi II per cent.
Under contractual provisions war
public works contractors are re-
quired to employ Negroes in pro-
portion to their availability in the
communities in which the project
IS located. Monthly reports on ra-
cial employment are submitted to
the Federal Works Agency. If a
contractor has Appropriated the
stipulated percentages it is accepted
as prima facie evidence that he has
not Disseminated against Negro
workers.
Projects these men are helping
to build in crowded war areas in
clude such community facilities as
hospitals, schools, recreation cen
tiers for men in the armed services.
health centers, sewer lines, and
water systems. They hely to meet
the needs created by the impact Of
workers and soldiers on COMMUNE
ties. Hundreds of such facilities
are being provided for Negro war
workers and Negro soldiers through
out the country. In one community
"a recreation center is built for
Negro soldiers-in another addition
al hospital beds, health centers and
schools are provided for the health
and educational needs of Negro
workers and their families. In
strategic areas detention homes for
the treatment of the venereally-
infected men and women are pro-
vided by Lanham Act funds under
the Federal Works Agency.
Typical EVA work of this nature
has been done in the Tidewater
area of Virginia and the military
and industrial area around Savan-
nah, G. In the Tidewater area,
with its large concentration of
shipyard workers, soldiers and sail
ors, the following community facil-
tiles have been provided for Ne
groes:
An addition of Sc beds to the
Norfolk Community Hospital. a Ne
Continued on page four)