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The Wilmington morning star., 1943-12-19
RESIGNS

p R1A4 l;;: Dec. 1a Up Glen
t5 h, 'aoloing' senior enforcement at
tS St" ce.. lor the Raleigh district of
,e s Ulilee OF Price Administration,
W. rs-s 1ns his position today effect
cbar January "a l, 7. S. johnson, in
9+dage Of the district, announced.
rot resigned to reenter pri-
eiaS practice of law here, A Raj
,i Sn a nduVe' he entered OPA SER
e eighteen months ago.
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mr.. JOHN H. KELLOGG

RATTLE CREEK, Mich, Dec.
wLP- Hundreds of persons
..orded the auditorium of the Bat
" Creek sanitarium today for the
hreral services for DR.. John Har-
, Kellogg. noted surgeon, au-
,5o IL. and philanthropist who died
tuesday of pneumonia. He was 81
years old
Eplogizing this city's best known
,tizpn, the Rev. Carleton Brooks
Miller pastor of the First Con-
orpgational church. said it was
innossible ito summarize the eff
feet and influence of his years
on earth.
Nurses who had worked with DR..
Kellogg for many years formed
an honor guard at his bier
throughout the morning while hun
dreds passed through the audito-
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-12-19
MINES CLOSE

FAIRMONT, W. Va, Dec. 1S-
t%- Seventeen mines in three
northern West Virginia counties
were forced to cease operations
today because of lack of coal cars,
with a resultant production loss of
25 900 tons.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-12-19
RADIO LEAVES AIR

NEW YORK, Dec. 10 Up The
Belgrade radio in German occu-
pied Yugoslavia left the air abrupt
ly tonight in the middle of a do
mestic broadcast, FEC monitors
reported. Such silencing OF trans.
mission station often is evidence
Of an aerial alta ok.
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MRS. J. H. BRITT

VAUDEVILLE, Dec. 18-Funeral
services for Mrs. ]. H. Britt, who
died at her home in Western
Prong township, will be conduct
ed Sunday at 1890 p. m. by the
ReV' G. Carl Lewis at the West
ern Prong church. 1t was pre-
VlouSly announced that this SER
wee would be at Il a. m. Sunday.
ouflal will follow in the church
cemetery.
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W. THOMAS SMITH

ELIZABETHTOWN,' Dec. 18-W.
Thomas Smith, 50, well-known
farmer and lumber man, died at
bis home here this afternoon after
a long illness.
He is survived by his widow and
three sons, Adrian Smith, Whining
ton, Robert Smith and Murray
Smith, Of Elizabethtown; three
iss:nters, Mrs. Jack Woodlief;
Mrs. i've Woodlief, Elizabethtown,
and Miss Maude Smith, Washing
ton D. c.
Fneral arrangements have not
been completed.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-12-19
GRACE LEWIS

Grace Lewis. IL: daughter of
H. Ols and Mrs. c. D. Lewis of %
n. ..b az 9th st., died Saturday at
no sse is survived by her parents;
9nF brothers, Andrew Lewis, of
Mo fo1k Va. and Hubert Lewis,
NJ ,, Wilmington; one sister, Frances
,,,is also Of this city.
Iy r9,neral services will be con-
,...+ad Monday afternoon at 8
o a..lock from the Chapel of An
9' s% Mortuary by the Rev. Alex
o oa5sr Miller, rector of St. Paurs
@ @ilisoonal church. Interment will
t n in the family cemetery at
Masonboro sound.
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MORE NAMES RELEASED

WASHINGTON, Dec. 10. - up -
The War Department announced
tonight the names of six additional
soldiers killed in the train wreck
near Lumberton, N. c., pushing
the announced toll of army dead to
"a.
Still others may yet be identified,
the department said The latest
list and the next of kin:
Pvt. Francis White, mother, Mrs.
Elizabeth White, 1886 Southern
Blvd, Bronx, N. Y.
Pvt. Dorenio Calpini, mother,
Mrs. Marie Calpini, 725 S. w. 18th
ave, Miami, Fla.
Louis P. Mach Crank not given)
mother, Mrs Anna Mach, 1888
Duane ave-, Schenectady, N. Y.
Pvt. First Class Claude G.. Pow
ell, mother, Mrs. Carrie L. Pow
ell, Thoroughare, Va.
Pvt. First Class Joseph Novotny,
mother, Mrs. Julia Novotny, Rural
Route 1, Canonsburg, Pa.
Kendall Wilson frank not given)
father, Benjamin Wilson, Rural
Route l, Clarksville, Pa.
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Obituaries
CHARLES G. GRIGG

o,.,rles G. Grigg, ST. Atlantic
.+ Line trainmaster at Rocky
C l,snn+ died at The Park View hos
NoV IN Rocky Mount, Saturday
nlorlll l'.os i'll for only brief time,
He we entered the hospital with
havnl5S cold on Wednesday.
ba' crigg had been in the serv-
MI, t,n railroad since July 1903,
ice o. ~ for a period of three years
eycep' ~ the United States Army
sem - +be first World War. Dur
ddrl,als NJ war period he saw serv-
i ias IN ,5'S Siberia. He was born June
i, ice 1886 ia j at Jarratt in Sussex coun-
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-12-19

Alaska is probably the world S
healthlest war zone, since it has
no typhus, tetanus, malaria or bed
bugs.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-12-19

NAME OF THE TURKEY
The name of the turkey is prob
ably derived from it's call of turk,
turk, and not from its supposed
Turkish origin The bird originated
in America.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1943-07-03

out in no uncertain terms against
racial intolerance; he must re-
iterate with form determination
that America to win needs an
about war effort; that an all
out war effort doesn't mean 80
per cent but the full utilization OF
all citizens, regardless OF color,
race or greed.
MUST HALT RUMOR-MONGERS
The FBI instead of pat state
ments that DO enemy agents are
circulating these rumors, must
get down to business and ferret
out those guilty of spreading them,
whether the guilty persons are
alien or native They should not
only be tracked down, but after
their arrest, they must be accord
ed the same fate that awaits any
other convicted traitor during war.
And then there's the job that
pulpit, press, radio and the
school has for the most part
failed to do. To them falls the
sacred obligation of enlighten-
ment, the real weapon against
fear, hate and prejudice. They
must say and keep saying that
those who cling to and 3usti-
fy racial hatred, prejudice and
persecution are playing the
enemy's game; that they are
Just as much foes Of democ-
racy as are Hitler. Mussolini
and TOTO.
They must inform the unwary
how closely allied are their actions
on the home front with the out
come of our common fight on the
worlds fifty-odd farf1ung battle
fronts.
PEOPLE HAVE OBLIGATION
And on the shoulders of the
people themselves falls an obliga-
ton. That obligation is to close
their ears to ugly and insidious
rumors. And after closing their
ears to the rumor the people must
denounce as an enemy of America
the person who spreads it.
The people of America-al OF
the people-must rise up to the
great challenge of being a true
American world citizen who
respects the rights OF all people,
who asks no privilege for himself
that he is not willing to share
with others, who does not simply
give lip service to the statement,
but firmly believes in the right
Of all people to life, liberty and
the pursuit of happiness"
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1943-07-03
Says Reactionaries Knitted
owl Because OF Race Aid

report on the work of the War
Manpower commission in Balti-
more where the first sterilization
plan went into effect. The sur
veyers found, and did not hesitate
to say, that the commissions
greatest success in Baltimore has
been in the elimination of many
of the employment barriers raised
against the Negro" Nor was there
any tongue biting when the report
said:
THE Nazi Slave Labor Society"
was release gotten out in March
in which the validity of a blood
hierarchy" based on the myth of
racial superiority was vigorously
challenged.
The agency has been responsible
for more and better broadcasts of
and by Negroes, all of which have
put him in truer light, and have
told of his part in the making of
America. NeWscasters have found
more frequent occasion to mention
items of Negro news also, all be-
cause of Owl.
Although the house passed this
bill with the cut, it is still up to
the senate to act on it. In the
event, the senate restores the
money for the domestic branch,
the bill will go to conference. it is
pointed out, where congressman
will again have to act on it.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1943-07-03
Speak Out Group
Urues President

which Negroes and whites can live
together on the same soil - and
that is on a basis of complete seq
regation."
He added: This trouble has been
fastened by the crazy policies OF
the so-called Fair Employment
Practices Committee in attempting
to mix races Of all kinds as well as
by the individual uplifters who are
constantly tanning the flames OF
discomfort"
Marvin H. Mcintyre received the
group that visited the White
House. They laid these proposals
before Mr.. Mcintyre for convey
ance to the President:
That he speak against these
outrages," and as commander in
chief, take whatever steps neces-
sary to smash this conspiracy
against the nation"
That the department of justice be
ordered to Immediately investigate
the outbreaks in Detroit and Beau
mont.
That the leaders of the Ku Klux
Khan be arrested and prosecuted,
that the organization be outlawed.
That Negro and white workers be
given protection in carrying out
their work of production for VIC
tory.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1943-07-03
NOTHING CAN DO
MORE FOR YOU

in the entire field of aspirin than St Joseps
Aspirin. None faster, none safer. The
tablets, 35e. Demand st. Joseph Aspirin.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1943-07-03
Poll Shows Race
Voters Want FDR

back for Mr.. Roosevelt among Me-
groes for his popularity had been
waning since last year due to mucn
unfavorable publicity in connec-
ton with the ruskus around the
Fair Employment Practices COM
mittee, the Jim crow setup in the
army and navy and his efforts to-
appease southern bourbon elements
on the race questions.
The preponderant support for
Willkie is laid mainly to his I'M
flinching announcements on the
race question in the past year be-
ginning with the NAACP convens
ton in Los Angeles in 1912. The
COP nominee of 1910 has strong,
militant hackers among the Negro
population many who expressed
belief that he was the only Repub"
lican candidate who can swing the
large, and in several states, deciss
i've Negro vote back INTO the COR
camp.
A large number of voters men,
toned his book, 'One World" as
an epochai statement which is q
good amen for the future of the
Negro throughout the world. His
stand against imperialism especial
ly drew favorable remarks.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1943-07-03
By ERNEST E. JOHNSON

WASHINGTON, d. c. = CAMP
Speak out, Mr.. President" Is in
essence what delegations from New
York and Detroit said when they
visited the White House last We'd
nesday in consequence of the wave
of race rioting that has gripped the
nation.
To the war department they said
protect us!"
To the department of justice
they said prosecute the instiga-
gtors!"
To the Office of War Informa-
ton they said tell the nation the
truth behind these outbreaks!"
GET RAY OF HOPE
From all they received an at
tentive ear. From some they re-
ceiyed promises of action. From
all, a ray of hope.
And while these delegations OF
Negro and white citizens, repre-
senting civic and labor organiza-
tions from their respective cities,
beseeched their government to in
tervcne on the side of justice, Rep
John Rankin of Mississippi arose
OF, the floor of congress and declar-
ed: There is only one way in
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1943-07-03

CHICAGO - CAMP - Favored
presidential candidates of Negro
voters for 1914 will be Franklin ID.
Roosevelt and Wendell Willkie, a
comprehensive poll by the maya
zine, Negro Digest, published n
Chicago at 1907 South Parkway, re-
veals in it's current july issue.
A thorough canvass OF Democrat
ic and Republican sentiment shows
preponderant support for both as
standard bearers for 1914. Virtual
~ all voters agree that Roosevelt
and Willkie have been pre-efr'i-
nently fair and understanding on
the Negro problem and have done
more than any other two men IN
high government office to advance
the cause of Negro rights.
Voters of both parties were ask
ed:
Whom should Negroes favor for
President in 1944?"
Separate lists of I emocratic and
Republican candidates were sub
mitted with these results:
DEMOCRATIC
Roosevelt 81 per cent; Wallace IL
per cent; Mc:s-,uttt per cent; Doug
las 2 per cent. Farley / per cent;
Winant l per cent; Byrnes 0 Per
cent.
Willkie, So per cent; Mac Arthur
10 per cent; Dewey 9 per cent;
Bricker 5 per cent, Stasson 3 per
cent; Saitonstall l per cent; War
rem 0 per cent.
The huge sentiment for the
fourth term among Democrats was
seen mainly as a carry over from
the long time backing that the
Roosevelt family - both the Presi-
dent and the First Lady - has en-
loved because of its precedent
shattering regard for the Negro
during the New Deal administra-
ton.
The sample poll, taken after LII
berian President Edwin Barclays
visit to the u. S., is also believed
indicative of the support that the
President has won due to his his
toric action in having a Negro
sleep as a guest of the White House
for the first time and address con-
g. 41,a f,rc{ tir,on
The poll marks a definite come
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1943-07-03
BY cliff Maekay

altar of stupid racial hostility.
These riots in addition to
calling halt to production at
the time when these war ma
teriaIs are sorely needed, also
help our common enemy in
his psychological or propa-
ganda war against America.
One can just picture with what
glee the japanese, CARRIED in their
sleeps garment as protectors Of
the darker races, seize upon
stories of racial conflict now
plaguing the American scene. They
will be embellished and avidly
broadcast to India, to Africa, to
China and to other colored peo-
pies in an effort to paint America
as being insincere in her declara-
lions of war aims; in an effort
to prove Japan's oft-repeated
propaganda contention that Ameri-
ca fights only for democracy for
the white man and slavery for all
others"
UNDERMINING THE PEACE
While we win the war, these
rioters are actually undermining
the very foundations of world
peace. They create doubt in the
minds of our swarthy good neigh
bors to the south and of our
United Nations brothers the world
over, who perplexedly ask: How
can we put faith in nation that
breaches brotherhood abroad and
fails to practice it at home?"
Certainly no one can dis
agree with the contention that
these outbreaks must be
brought to a halt and now.
Wishful thinking that these
tensions will "just wear off"
is not enough. Concrete and
positive steps must be inn
mediately taken to see that
racial conflict like DetrOit's
will never again disgrace and
embarrass America.
President Roosevelt must speak
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1943-07-03

governor fell victim, caused need
less bloodshed and sorrow at
Camp Van Horn.
And in Detroit two false ru-
mors, one circulated among Ne
groes that whites had brutally
drowned Negro mother and
her small daughter and the
other spread among whites that
a Negro had raped white
woman in a cOlored neighb0r-
hood were the fat in the FIRE
that caused the arsenal city's
smouldering racial volcano to
erupt.
The effect of these rumors
whether intended by their origi-
majors to do so or not, has been
to give a reviving dash of cold
water to our enemies at the
moment when they were desperate
ly groggy. Whether spread by
paid agents or by native Ameri-
cans whose sympathies lead them
to become volunteer agents, the
results are just as disastrous
Cheered by these outbreaks. Hitler
and TOTO might well pin medals of
honor on the traitorous breasts OF
these rumor -mongers For certain
it is that they have performed a
helpful service.
HITLER is HELPED
Their help has come in two
forms. First, while Americans of
different color fought, each other
through the streets of Mobile
Beaumont and Detroit, all three
large munitions centers, production
of vitality needed war materials
sorely Jagged. 1t was off 20 per
cent In Mobile, SO per cent in
Detroit and IS per cent in Beau
mont. Doubtless the lives of many
American soldiers, both black and
white. will be sacrificed on this
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1943-07-03
BY ERNEST E. JOHNSON

WASHINGTON, d. CLAMP
Because the Office of War In
formation has been trying to make
this war palatable to Negroes by
focusing attention on their con-
tributions to American life, and on
the restraints that keep them
from making an even larger effort
in the war, the house has decided
to abolish the domestic operations
branch of Elmer Davis set-up by
denying the agency funds to run
on during the fiscal year 1914.
Northern Republicans formed
coalition with the anti-RooSevelt
southern bloc to put across the
amendment by Joe StarneS, Ala
bama Democrat, .156 to 80, cutting
from the Owl supply bill $780,
900 that had been earmarked for
domestic operations. Even this
figure, if allowed, would have been
$3,600,000 under the recommended
ton of the budget bureau.
1t was Rep. A Leonard Allen of
Louisiana who followed up the
Starnes attack and in so doing
put his finger on the fly in the
Starnes collar Said Allen on the
floor:
Elmer Davis, instead of help
ing the wan effort domestically, is
hurting it. The propaganda which
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1943-07-03
Agency Told How
Race Contributed
To War Effort {

he has put out in the form of
pamphlets and otherwise has done
a great deal to foment unrest, to
create disunity, and to make the
minority problem worse, much
worse. His propaganda stuff has
hurt the south. We have serious
racial problem in this nation. We
in the south understand that prob
lem and know best how to deal
with it. We understand the psy-
chology of the race problem
Allen went on to criticise the
agency for having issued the
booklet, Negroes and the War;
the distribution of which ran to
nearly 100000, which he said
undertook to glorify one race in
the war;"
In April the Owl released the
report of a survey it had made of
the transportation industry in
which it said, among other things
that war or no war, unWillingness
to employ Negroes in many types
of railroad jobs persists"
In May the owl released its
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1943-07-03

mont, in Mobile, at Fort Bliss and
Camp Stewart, at Camp Van Horn
and in Detroit rumors, later prov
ed to be without foundation were
the single factor that led to need
less bloodshed and wholesale de-
struction of property.
RUMORS START RIOTS
A false rumor that Negro welders
had been assigned to work beside
white caused the explosion at Mo-
bile A false rumor that Negro
women were being mistreated
brought the same result at Fort
Bliss and Camp Stewart. A base
less rurnor which spread like Wild
fire that Negro had raped a
white woman was the spark at
Beaumont. A rumor that Negro
soldiers had come to clean out
Mississippi" to which even the
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1943-07-03
Negroes Form
Large Part Of
Army Workers
sv
Get Opportunity
Out Of Proportion
To Population

g WASHINGTON, - (ANP) The
Army Service Forces of the War
Department, "the largest single
employer of civilian workers in the
nation, either within or without
war industry" is giving Negroes
break out of proportion TO their
relation to the population.
This fact, with figures, was dis
closed last week when Lieut.. Gen.
eral Brehon Somervell, command
ing general for the ASF, testified
before the Ramspeck Committee
investigating civil service.
u 1T is unnecessary to state be-
fore this committee, familiar as it
is with our employment conditions
in Washington and at some of the
installations it has visited" he de-
clared before the committee, that
the Army Service Forces has made
real use of minority groups and
handicapped workers in its war
program. Strict adherence has been
followed to the policy laid down by
the Secretary of War that there
shall be no discrimination whatso-
ever with respect to race. sex, color,
religion, creed, national origin, or
political affiliation, except as re-
quired by law"
He went on to point out that Ne
groes make up 1877 per cent of the
total civilian personnel of the ASST.
The total employment roll is l.
026,000 persons. Among the Wash
ington personnel, he said, 22.1 per
cent are Negroes. There are in the
field 1874 per cent Negroes.
A chart has been prepared in the
division showing the distribution of
Negroes among the various depart
ments of the branch. The figures,
however, were not used ny General
Somerve1 in his testimony, and
the Department was not yet pre-
pared to release them.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1943-07-03
Sgt. Louis Visits
Wife And Daughter;

CHICAGO,-tS N S1-Sergeant
Joe Louis, heavyweight champion
Of the world, visited his wife and
four morth-old daughter here
Sunday before continuing east on
a special mission for the Govern
ment.
After spending most Of the day
with Marva and little Jacqueline,
the champ carded a II over
golf course.
Louis will visit his mother in
Detroit before hopping over to
Pittsburgh where he is to report
July 8 to receive instructions on
his duties during his present trip.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1943-07-03
The Globe Trotter
Hitler And TOTO Are Happy!

DESPITE ALL protestations by
the Federal Bureau of Investiga-
ton to the contrary. one cannot
escape the feeling that the tidal
wave of racial upheaval which
threatens to engulf our all-out war
effort bears the earmarks of
elaborate Organization, deliberate
planning and cunning execution.
The one thing which does more
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1943-07-03
GLAMOUR PLAN HAS
INSTANT APPEAL

Follow this plan thousands are using.
Before retiring cover your face with
Black and White Cleansing Cream. Re-
move it, and off comes dirt and make
up, too. Next, pat on Black and White
Cold Cream. In the morning wipe it
of. Easy, ism tit? Use Black and White
Vanishing Cream as beautifying pow
der base. At all toilet counters, 25t.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1943-07-03

than anything
else to REIN
force this be-
lief is the
pat similarity
of m t j " e S
found to have
b e e n t h e
S p a r k that
set off each
of these home
front victories
for Hitler and
Toto. In Beau
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1943-07-03
Ask That Rail
Hearings Again
Be Scheduled
Reorganization
Delay Perturbing
Delegation Says

NEW YORK CITY - (SNS -
Monsignor Francis J. Haas, chair
man of the Fair Employment
Practice Committee, has been ask
ed to receive a delegation Of repre-
sentatives of interested organiza-
lions to discuss the future Of the
FEPC.
The delegation Thursday re-
leased a telegram sent to Chair
man Haas over the signature of
Roger Baldwin, Mrs. Maudelle B.
Bousefield, DR.. Warren Brown,
Mrs. Dorothy K Funn, Mr.. Les
ter Granger, Abper Green, DR..
Willard Johnson, Morris Milgram,
Martin Pepper, A. Philip Ran
dolph and George T. Sanchez.
The full text of the telegram
follows
Disturbed at delay in re-
scheduling railroad discrimi-
nation hearings and reorgani-
cation FEPC. All troubled by
Government Acceptance Mo-
bile Compromise in violation
Executive Order 1902. Organi-
cations which conferred with
Messrs. MkNutt and Dl1die
February 10Th on strengthen
ing FEPC request an early
conference with you for frank
discussion future FEPC.
All the signers are the persons
who were invited to the confer
ence on the FEPC February ~
with Attorney General Francis
Riddle and war Manpower Com
missioner Paul W McNutt at the
Presidents request.
Mr.. Sanchez, who represents
the League of United Latin-Amer
lean Citizens, is requesting that
The Spanish speaking Labor issue
Of the southwest be included In
the discussion at the conference
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-11-14
How 70 ca+eh a husband
by BOB HOPE

Of husband isl That's bank with
empty catch though At takes hhy with
bumper yourself about hunting Remem