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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1943-05-28

because CnlS WOulQ nave Deen neT
third successive war picture, and
she felt that the role assigned her
wasn't satisfactory. aw
*
Hollywood's best oriental actors
fatty refused to portray Japanese
soldiers, so Director Richard Wal
lace got the Japs for major and
minor roles in "Bombardier" out of
the makeup box. RKO faces the
same problem in Behind the Ris-
ing Sum-" Pr a'"
Fred Giermann, character actor,
has an odd reason for wanting the
war to end. 81 haven't been out of
a Nazi uniform as an actor for the
last seven months" he explains.
"Five Graves to Cairo" with Fran
chot Tone and Anne Baxter, is his
latest.
You'll see most of the cast Of that
swell picture, "'Casablanca," in
'"The Conspirators',; Humphrey Bo-
CART, Paul Henreid, Sydney Green
street and Helmut Dantine all have
leading roles. Ann Sheridan has the,
leading feminine role.
X
Bill Stern, whose News Of the
Day" newsreel is a favorite with
moviegoers, is happy because now
he can make predictions on the air.
His NBC Sports Newsreel has been
Saturday feature, and he felt that
even an expert couldn't predict the
outcome of the following Saturdays
: games without sticking his chin out.
Now he's broadcasting on Friday
, evenings, which is better.
Albert Parker was noted direc.
!, tor, until he lost his eyesight seven
years ago as a result of an auto
mobile accident. Recently Director
Frank futile, shooting street scene
in Prague for Hostages" decided
to use blind man with seeing-eye
! dog. He thought of his friend Park
err, who thus, for brief, time, will
once more take part in the making Of
a motion picture.
~
Black-haired Mona Berle was the
first extra hired by Producers will
liams Pine and Thomas when they
began making pictures for Para
/, mount nearly three years ago.
They've found spot for her in
every picture they've made since
currently she's in Tornado" which
stars Chester Morris and Nancy
Kelly. "She's good luck to u.s." say
the two Bills.
). Private Harry Keaton of Fort
Greedy, Alaska, thought that the
pretty girl he asked to dance with
him was one of the civilian nurses.
Some time afterward he learned that
she was Marjorie Reynolds, who'd
danced with Fred Astaire in ''Holly-
wood Inn" and teamed with Bling
Crosby in "Dixie." BY that time
Marjorie had moved on to the next
camp in her Alaskan tour.
-
Sol Lesser, producer Of stage
Door Canteen," feels that the pub
lie ought not to pay an extra pre-
MUM for quality picture entertain
ment, at least for the duration, &C.
cording to recent announcement.
So, although "Stage Door Canteen"
could undoubtedly run on and on at
advanced prices, if released only in
key cities at first, and shown twice
e day, it will be made available for
general runs as soon as it is re-
leased. This is a soldiers love
story" says Mr.. Lesser, land it
belongs to the public"
ODDS AND ENDS-C laudeste Colder,
- n -
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1943-05-28
Home TO Papa

81 hear Joe's dad, has two wives
to support now"
''Whati You don't mean that he's
q bigamist?"
mo. Joe just got married"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1943-05-28
Foreign Languages Too

Customer-I like this parrot but
can it really talk?
Salesman-Talk! Why it came all
the way down here from Paraguay
and asked its own way all of the
time.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1943-05-28
RETORT COURTEOUS.

Girl-What are you following me
for? Didn't you ever see anyone
like me before?
Boy-Yeh. but I had to pay .
quarter!
Jackson advocate., 1943-07-17
Won't Use Soldiers
For Fall Harvesting

military authorities and the office
of labor, War Food administration.
for use of soldiers in farm work,
there appears to be a general mis-
understanding that groups Of sold
iers can be obtained to harvest
crops.
$50 far the use of groups of sold
ierS as farm labor has been con-
fined to rehabilitation work in the
flooded areas. No groups have been
used for ordinary farm work and it
is not expected that permission will
be given for the release of soldiers
in groups to do general agricultur-
al work.
Under war department regula-
tions individual soldiers may apply
to their commanding officer for
passes to engage in farm work of
an emergency nature. After the
commanding officer decides that
there is an emergency such passes
will be approved, provided that
such action will not interfere seri-
ously with training or the custo-
Jackson advocate., 1943-07-17

1t. Col. Davis was with .he
squadron at the time of the bomb
ing attack and he, 1t. Hall md
the entire group of colored flicrs
received congratulations from
General Dwight D. Eisenhower,
Allied Commander-in-c!nief, when
they returned to their base.
ALL RETURNED
All members of the squadron
returned safely after Hall downed
the Nazi plane One other Ger
man ship was destroyed ard
third damaged by fliers in the
9Th squad.
Commenting on the dogfight in
clouds, 1t Hall said:
1T was my eighth mission but tre
first time i had seen the enemy
close enough to shoot 1t him
I saw two Focke- -Wulfs following
the Mitchells just after the bombs
were dropped. I headed for space
between the fighters and borbers
and managed to turn inside the
ferries.
Il fired a long bust and saw my
tracers penetrate the second air.
craft. He was turning to the left,
but suddenly fell off and headed
straight into the ground. j follow
ed him down and saw him crash.
He raised a big cloud Of dust.
The London press gave high
praise to the Goth and Tt. He'll
after learning that q Negro pilot
had shot down one of Ger1aary's
finest fighter planes.
In 1t. Halls hometown this
week. proud citizens were talking
about a memorial for him
Hall attended Illinois Stete
Teachers College and began his
flying training less than month
before the attack on Pearl Harbor.
thoroughness of the youth who at
tended Booker T. Washington High
School.
Jackson advocate., 1943-07-17

WASHINGTON, d. C.-Bulk Of
the French army which will parti-
cipate in the expected allied in
vasion of Europe from the North
African theatre will be made of
native trops from Senegal, Moroc-
co and Algiers, Gen. Henri
Giraud, co-president of the Com
mittee for French Liberation, told
the Associated Negro Press Friday
morning.
This correspondent was the only
Negro present in a group of rs
reporters attending the conference.
Gen. Giraud estimated that his
complete strength would amount to
roughly 100000 men, In the break
down he gave newsmen, he said
125,000 European Frenchmen, 50,-
900 Senegalese and $4,000 Moroc-
cans would be included, with
colonials from Algiers and the
Jackson advocate., 1943-07-17
Launch Liberty
Ship J. Merrick

WILMINGTON, N. G.. - (SNS)
The liberty freighter John Merrick.
fourth ship named for a Negro
since the United States entered the
current war, was launched here
Sunday Mr.. Merrick was one of
the three founders of the North
Carolina Mutual Life Insurance
Company.
The ship was christened by Mr..
Merrick's youngest daughter, Mrs.
Martha Merrick Donnell, of Dur
ham, N. G. Among those who APP
peared on the program was C. G.
Spaulding, president of the insur-
ance company.
Jackson advocate., 1943-07-17
SHUTS WINS IN
SOUTH AFRICA

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa
(ANP)-1n the first election held
in the Union of South Africa since
the war started, Premier Jan
Smuts and his party were return
ed to power by an overwhelming
vote. The Dutch element in the
country which has been eager to
cease participation in the war and
never wanted the union to go
actively to war on the side of Great
Britain and the allies, campaigned
on that platform.
SHUTS had the support OF the
labor elements and the native
party. This latter group represents
the blacks Of the country, the great
est element in it, only blacks are
not allowed. to hold Office in their
own land or to vote, except in
Jackson advocate., 1943-07-17
o9TH PILO 7 DOWNS NAZ| PLANE;
PRAISED BY GENERAL EISENHOWER
1t. Charles B. Hall,
Of Indiana First
Negro Ace Of Air

WASHINGTON - (SNS) = Twenty-Five year old
Charles B. Hall of Brazil Indiana first lieutenant with the
famed alcoored 99th Pursuit Squadron, has been credit
ed with destroying of Germanys finest fighter planes
a Foche-Wulf 19O
Plotting P-40 Warhawk ard escorting Mitchell med-
bombers during bombing attack ON the Castelven-
rano arfeld in Sicily, July 2, Lieutenant Hall brought
down the Nazi plane during dogfigt the field.
Hall is the first Negro airman credited with downing
enemy plane during the current The 99th under
command of 1t. Colonel B. O. Davis J landed in Africa
several weeks ago.
Jackson advocate., 1943-07-17
French mUasion
Forces Are Black

Cameroons making up the balance.
The general, who with Charles
DeGaulle is guiding the deStinies
of Frenchmen not under the boots
of the axis hodes, is here to secure
equipment for his army.
Before arriving at the war de-
partment for the conference, Gen.
Giraud had visited Mt. Vernon,
Arlington National cemetery and
the Lincoln monument. Comment
ing upon his visit to the last he
said:
"After reading the noble inscrip-
tions about the memorial, I feel
intensely what Lincoln did and
what he achieved in overcoming the
turmoil of those difficult years. I
was deeply moved as soldier and
as a Frenchman in communion
with the highest ideals in America"
Jackson advocate., 1943-07-17

directly, hence white representa-
tives are elected to serve as the
mouthpiece of the blacks.
Native peoples generally fell that
the 73 year old Snuts has grown
tremendously in breadth and have
rallied behind the premier's war
aims enthusiastically. SHUTS in
recent pronouncements has said he
hopes to see something done to i'm
prove the native position in the
union.
Jackson advocate., 1943-07-17
Deny New Trials
To jailed Rioters

DETROIT - (ANP) = Presiding
Judge donald M. Van Zile of Rec
orders court last week denied a re-
guest made by the Rev Horace A.
White that new trials be granted
more than 100 persons convicted
for participation in the June 81
,rioting here. Rev. Whites request
suggested that the judges, IN sen
tencing these brought to trial dur
ing the riot probably sent to pri-
SON innocent bystanders, and that
Jackson advocate., 1943-07-17
owl Is Against
Negro Editors
On Committee
No More Posters
Or Pamphlets To
Be Published

: WASHINGTON (ANP)- Obvi-
ously as a move to meet the OBJ
iections of a rebellious congress,
Palmer Hoyt, now director of do
mestic operations branch of the
Office of War Information, an
nounced last Tuesday that he in
tends to use only the accepted
media" in the dissemination of the
work of the agency, and that he
has appointed a nine-man advis-
ory committee to see that the
branch does not go stray.
Referring to the reduced allow
ance of $2,750,0O0 the branch will
have to play with for the next fis-
cal year. Hoyt said 1--WE intend to
operate although we don't know
how. We nave an obligation to the
pui lie, and to ourselves"
Congress had complained about
the material owl had been put
ting out, especially regarding Ne
groes. To this Hoyt declared: "We
are not putting out any more
phamphlets or posters, and our
field staff has been scrapped. The
owl will reach the public through
accepted media. We will issue no
printed matter directly to the pub
lie"
He made 1t clear that he iDtends
% get back on the main line
The advisory committee is make
UP of editors and managing editors
from various parts of the country,
and includes Mark Etheridge, edi-
tor and publisher Of the Louisville
Courier journal, and former chair
man of the Fair Employment Prac-
tice committee.
The selection of a Negro had
come under consideration but the
idea finally vetoed on the grounds
that to do so would invite the cri-
ticism of other groups which
would insist upon representation
However, Hoyt explained that he
does intend to consult with the
committee of Negro publishers. the
formation of which had been pro-
posed to the National Negro Pub
fishers association by George Bar
f1eS, assistant to Director Elmer
Davis, at the publishers conven-
ton last month
Jackson advocate., 1943-07-17


outbreak in line with Hitler's
avowed intention of fomenting
riots to negate Americas potential
striking power.
Many have long been bewildered
by Mr.. Hoover's tread lightly
policy in dealing with native-born
Americans, whose beliefs and ideo-
logies are SO contrary to all that
America stands for and fit SO
neatly into the pattern designed
by Hitler. The FBI has done a
commendable job in snaring alien
and foreign born agents, who
sought to deliver destructive blows
to the country that harbored them.
NATIVES GREATER THREAT
But little, if anything has been
done to halt the sinister activities
of obviously fascist organizations
whose members boast that they are
100 percent American, Gentle
white and native-born." Can Mr..
Hoover actually. be SO naive as
not to see that the activities of
these organizations are greater
threat to our all-out war effort,
than would be the comparatively
few agents the enemy could spirit
across our borders?
Does he really believe the fact
Of mans birth in America is
an iron-clad guarantee that man
will not betray America, conscious
ly or unconsciously? Surely he
cannot hold this belief In light
Jackson advocate., 1943-07-17

WASHINGTON, D. G.. - (ANP
- Soldiers will not be used to har-
vest the fall crops, is the belief of
H. M. Dixon, acting in charge of the
extension farm labor program for
the War Food administration.
The use of soldiers for this pur-
pose provoked considerable contro-
versy last year, when it appeared
that Negro soldiers would be put on
the farms instead of in theaters of
operation.
Dixon's telegram on the subject
was sent to state extension direc-
tors last Wednesday, and said:
From the number and the ma
ture of the requests being made to
Jackson advocate., 1943-07-17
The Globe Trotter
They're Still With Us

THE OFT REPEATED statement
by FBI officials that the racial
outbreaks in Beaumont, Mobile and
Detroit have been wholly cases of
spontaneous or internal combus-
ton" leaves this writer completely
amazed by the utter naivete of this
top federal investigating agency.
In reiterating it's contention that
Jackson advocate., 1943-07-17

emergency fund which was adopted
Saturday.
The initial meeting of the
reconstructed committee was sche-
duled to have met on Tuesday. The
hearing into the Capital Transit
company of Washington was among
the items of business known to
be on the agenda. Staff organiza-
ton also was to come up.
Jackson advocate., 1943-07-17

the Judges were probably fright
ened.
In denying the request, Judge
Van Zile declared 1T is impossi-
BILE to make any such blanket order
as the Rev. white suggests. At
no time has there been, nor will
there be, any change in tie regu-
lar and orderly procedure which
has always been followed in this
court. This procedure cannot be
carried atthe request of any ci-
tizen or organization"
Jackson advocate., 1943-07-17
Reveal Presidents BankroII
To Come To Aid OfThe FEPC

WASHINGTON, D. Clamp
FIR. Francis j. Haas, chairman of
the Fair Employment Practice
committee, returned TO his desk
here from Detroit Saturday and
Immediately went into huddle
with members of his staff.
He discussed the postponed De-
troit hearings ana other factors
with regard to the scene out
there. The subject of finances for
Jackson advocate., 1943-07-17

of such pre-Pear1 Harbor events
as the activities Of the America
First Committee, which bordered
on treason.
Many America Firsters were no
doubt honestly patriotic, but blind
to the international chaos raging
in other parts of the world But
sufficient proof has also been found
that others we're outright sympa-
thetic with the Hitler and fascist
program and would not hesitate to
lend helping hand to his cause,
even to the extent of betraying
their native land.
THEY'RE STILL WITH US
These American Firsters, Gerald
K. Smithites and Father Cough
linites and others of their ilk are
still with us. To a large measure
they have not had change of
heart in their way of thinking
They still want Hitler and Hitler's
way to win. They are sitting in
Congress seizing every opportuni-
ty to knife the Presidents war
program and silently waiting to
sabotage the peace.
They have wormed themselves
into responsible positions with many
of the nations largest war indus
tries, never losing a chance to
strike a blow for der feurher, wit
ness Charles Weiss. superinten-
dent of the Packard plant in De-
troit, who melted 10000 white work.
erS to strike because three Negroes
had been upgraded.
Witness the act of white fore
man at q Louisville shipyard, who
deliberately melted white workers
against Negro by giving Negro
workers preferred working condi-
tions and haunting the white work.
erS about it.
DOING ENEMY'S WORK
That foreman, Mr.. Hoover. was
not an enemy agent, but certainly
you will agree he was doing the
dirty work of the enemy in Sabotag-
ing the nations war effort.
The same conclusion might be
reached in the Detroit riot, even
granting to be true the FBI's con-
tention that there was no evidence
of work by enemy agents. The ire
mendous cost of the Detroit out
break to our war effort from the
standpoint of production slow
down and unfavorable reaction of
our colored allies, was just as dis
astrous to our cause as If Hitler's
paid agents had plotted 1t,
Jackson advocate., 1943-07-17

To 1st 1t. Charles b. Hall 90,
of Brazil, Ind. goes the credit for
bringing down the tlrSt enemy
plane to be claimed by the Ameri-
can Negro fliers in the North Af-
rican theater of operations, accord
ing to a dispatch from allied heac-
quarters in North Africa. In the
raids over the CasteI Ventrano air.
field in Sicily in the past week in
which the squadron Participated.
Hall engaged in the dog fight ant
succeeded in bringing down a
Fecke- Wolfe 100. The squadron
was flying P-40 Warhawks and was
escorting Mitchell DomDers wsen
the attack came. y.
Gen. Dwight Eisenhower, allied
commander who happened to be
at the air base from which the
Squadron Is operating, congraJu-
lated 1t Hall for his exploit.
Jackson advocate., 1943-07-17
MUST ERADICATE SNAKES

MUST ERADICATE SNAKES
Certainly the FBI's statement
that there has been no connection
between enemy agents and the
rioters is not an approach to-
ward solution of the problem. If
it wasn't paid agents, the work
must have been done by voluntary
American workers for Hit
| Ter. The campaign of the FBI then,
must be directed toward eradicat-
ing these snakes lurking i'm the
nations bosom.
No longer must men like Weiss
of the Packard plant be simply
suspended after they have struck
their foul blow for Hitler. They
must be indicted brought to trial
and, if convicted, be dealt with as
an American at war deals with any
other enemy agent.
The Fifth Column In America
can no longer be viewed as some
| thing imaginary. 1t is here and it
| is active. Pat statements that
these riots are the result of
'shoodlums" or of Unborn Ameri-
can prejudice" simply furnish a
convenient cloak for these Fifth
Columnists to continue their dirty
work.
DECISIVE ACTION NEEDED
There is no time to lose. These
| acts of obviously organized sabo-
tage which hang like a threatening
cloud over our victory effort, must
be met and dealt with by an alert,
organized America. Decisive action,
not excuses, must be the answer.
No longer can the FBI afford to
hesitate in prosecuting our native
fasciSts as relentlessly as it does
those who have migrated here.
The same determination with which
we prosecute the war against fas-
cists abroad, must be shown in
crushing those. who would defeat
us at home. Otherwise we might
well discover after winning the
war that we have lost the peace.
Jackson advocate., 1943-07-17

no connection
had been es-
tablished be-
t W e en- h e
work of enc
my agents and
cancerouS ra-
cial tension
now plaguing
the n a I'll o n,
the FBI ap-
pears incap-
able of believ-
ing that any
of our native
Jackson advocate., 1943-07-17

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az Highly recommended for daily
cleansing away surface dirt-is mild
and fragrant Black and White Skin
Soap, lOe and 25t, sold everywhere.
Jackson advocate., 1943-07-17
$89,OOO,OO
Fund Available
For It's Use

committee that would not 60 to
congress for the funds as was origi-
nally expected. Expenses will be met
out of the Presidents $89, 100000
Jackson advocate., 1943-07-17

B., Clark; Estelle Robinson, A. b.,
Clark; Lois Holland, A. B., Clark;
Roberta Wainwright, b. S., Clark;
Francis Davis, A. b., Clark; Irma
G. Thomas, A. B., Clark; Marie
Lawrence, A. B., Clark; Isoline
Sherard, A. B. Clark. Center,
Thomas J. Cleveland, A. B., Fisk
Albert M. Miller, Jr., B. S. Ten
nessee State. Front row, Barrietta
LeBon, A. B Clark; Emma Logan,
Jackson advocate., 1943-07-17
BY cliff Mackay

The problem at hand is not
whether enemy agents or native
Hitler sympathizers started this
wave of tension, it is rather to
make doubly sure that such out
breaks as were Beaumont's Mo-
bile's and Detroit's do not occur
again.
Jackson advocate., 1943-07-17
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Jackson advocate., 1943-07-17

HUNTSVILLE, Ala.-(S N ST.
Nearly two score graduates of
Southern colleges are lOaning their
knowledge of science to the
chemical Warfare Service Arsenal
here. Many were given special war
training by Prof. B. T. Harvey of
the Atlanta University ESWMDT
courses. Pictured | to r, top row
Margaret P. Smith, A. B., Atlanta
University; Willie Mae Nelson, A.
Jackson advocate., 1943-07-17

mary employment of local civilians
in farm work."
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1943-07-31
Railroad Co.
reQtm ent
Brings Suit

MOBILE. Ala. A complaint
charging that he had difficulty IL
getting a pullman seat for himself
and Alfred s. Girls ION on June 10.
until the genera! passenger gent
intervened, has been filed fol J. L
LeFlore. N.AA.CP official here -
the national office OF the NAA.C p.
The complaint also points GA that
the train conductor OF the Gulf,
Mobile and Ohio railroad told the
Negro steward never 10 serve J.
ored passengers in the diner along
with white people.
The complaint states that on thsir
return trip from Meridian, Miss, 10
Mobile, Ala. LeFlore and Crishon
were told by the pullman porter
that he'd been instructed TO sell
space 10 Negroes only in enclosed
areas and not in the body of the
cars. Mr. LeFlore and Mr.. Crishon
were able 20 get breakfast in the
diner only at time when no whites
were present and could not get din
ner or lunch, for whenever they
presented themselves, the steward
stated that he was not permitted to
seat co.ored people while white
people we're in the diner.
The NA.ACP has called upon
the Interstate Commerce Commits
sion 10 investigate the case and to
take effective steps to compel the
railroad to end instances of dis
elimination in the future.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1943-07-31
BOOK NOTES
ny
GERTRUDE SCOTT MARTIN

gro as his particular PROVING and
the rich white man bossed the
money.
The editors are seeking new &c
tive and sustaining subscribers, the
former at SIS and the latter $40 TO
SIS. We can think of no more ei-
fective way OF impiementing Je-
mocracy. South Today" arouses us
TO new admiration with each sue
ceeding issue. 1t is a symbol OF
hope; it represents the best that
can come from the South and
throws the clear light OF truth on
those. Negro and white. who COM
promise with the forces which keep
the Negro oppressed. The address
is Clayton. Georgia.
* * *
The Columbia Broadcasting Sys-
TENS program on the Detroit riots
last Saturday marked a new de-
parture for the networks, The pro-
gram dramatized the events Of June
20 and showed how racial hatred
plays into the hands OF the AXIS AT
the end OF the program Wendell
Willke gave a short talk on the
rights OF al men 10 full citizen
ship.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1943-07-31

Return OF horse-drawn vehicles be-
cause of gasoline shortage IS causing
a mild boom in carriage building plants
in Uruguay.