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The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1943-10-23
Mississippi. Federated Club
Women Will Hold Meeting
In jackson October 18th
Postwar Plans Feature
Program

The Mississippi Federation of
Colored Women's Clubs, Inc, will
meet in Jackson October 29th Ac-
cording to a statement released by
the president, Mrs. M. M. Hubert,
the streamlined program will in
clude plans for postwar activities.
A special committee of laymen and
board members has been asked for
contributions.
For more than twenty years the
energies of the organization were
absorbed in efforts to secure a
school for delinquents. This hav-
ing been accomplished with the
acceptance of the responsibility by
the state and the establishment of
a school at Oakley, in 1910, the
major Federation activity is now
in the area of recreation.
The Federation owns several
hundred acres of land at Clinton,
near Jackson, which is in the pro-
cess of development as a recreation
center. In anticipation of the promi-
nent place of recreation in post
war rehabilitation and education,
further development of this project
will be accelerated.
For at least five years church
and school groups, Boy Scouts, All
Clubs, and welfare groups have en-
joyed the recreation and camping
facilities now available at Clinton.
The complete project will provide
facilities for swimming, fishing,
camping, hunting, picnicking or
ganized play, and other activities.
According to Mrs Hubert, the
October meeting will be limited
to one day, and will be stripped of
all but essentials in order that all
phases of the work of the organiza-
ton may get representation.
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jackson To Register For Ration Book 4 October 2526
Public Schools To
Have z HOLIDAYS
For Issuing Book 4

According to President John c..
Bate, of the board of education,
the pupils attending the Jackson
white and colored public schools
will not attend school on Monday
and Tuesday. October 25 and 26th,
but school will open as usual We'd
nesday, October 9th.
These holidays will be given in
accordance with the request of the
local War Price and Ration Board
that the schools and school staffs
be used in issuing War Ration
Book Four.
In addition to the faculty of the
schools, over 500 volunteers from
the senior. classes of Central and
Lanier High schools will aid in
issuing the books.
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Negro Who Beat
Schlnelling Now
German Prisoner


fighter who vanquished Max Sch
melting. Jack Taylor, of Omaha.
defeated the German champion and
-ironically-is now civilian pris-
oner of war in German prison
camp in Germany.
This information was verified by
the office of War Prisoners Aid of
the Y. M. c. A, one of the agen-
cies making up the National War
Fund which launched its local and
nationwide drive last week with
a coast-to-coast broadcast by Pres
ldent Roosevelt. The War Prison
ers' Aid provides the prisoners with
games. played in their homelands.
handicraft equipment, hobby ma
terial, books, music and musical in
struments, and other things.
Taylor, who has been living
abroad in recent years, in virtual
obscurity as far as his American
compatriots know, was a boxing
instructor in Belgium and France
when he was discovered and incar-
cerated by the Nazis with other
nationals of the United Nations
when they entered the war against
the Axis.
Never a national champion, him
self, as far as the records show,
Jack nevertheless was of cham
pion material during his prime, and
was known for his ability to defeat
the champions. Besides whipping
Schmelling, he laid low the mighty
Battling Sikh, Senegales conquerer
of Frances Georges Carpenter, a
lightweight worlds champion.
When Joe Louis was running
around barefoot over the roads of
Alabama oblivious of his fistic flu
ture, Taylor gave Schmelling a ter
rifle ten-round punching.
An article in the New York
Times in May, 1925, read:
Cologne, Germany, May TO- 1925.
Jack Taylor, of Omaha, Neb.,, a
light heavyweight, today gained a
decision in the international boxing
matches here over the German,
Max Schmelling. He won on points
in ten rounds.
Concerning his defeat of Battling
Sikh, the New York Times, under
a Philadelphia dateline of Deem
Der 26, 1923, stated:
Battling Sikh, Senegales con-
queror of Georges Carpenter nd
holder for a time of the light
weight championship of the world,
was beaten by Jack Taylor, colored
heavyweight boxer of Omaha, in
his Philadelphia debut today at the
Adelphia Athletic Club. Taylor re-
reived the decision in the ten
round final bout"
Taylor also defeated Texidor, the
Spanish heavyweight champion in
the fifth round of what was to have
been twenty-round bout in Paris
in November 1924; whipped Knut
Hansen, Wisconsin heavyweight in
Paris; and many other outstanding
fighters of his day.
Nat Fleicheser, the editor of
Ring, magazine devoted to box
ing, said when questioned about
the fighter that he remembered
Taylor we'll He was one of the
most travelled fighters he knew,
Fleicheser said, having fought in
many European cities as we'll as
some in the Near and Far East.
The boxer is only one of the
thousands of Negro and white war
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ONLY TEMPORARY

So becoming is the red gold wig
that Joan Fontaine wears for her
role in 'Frenchman's Creek" her
friends are urging her to turn red
he'd permanently. But she won't.
Her husband, Briane Aherne, no
hkee.
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ject to the pressure of battle ac-
ton. The ebb and flow of battle,
the strain of continuous movement
and fighting, and the limited ma
ture of communication facilities at
the fronts make the keeping of rec
ords in the field extremely diff
cult. These records, although nat
urally limited in details, are never
theless maintained.
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ODD CANINE TASTE

Lovely young Gail Russell, who
steps into screen big time in THE
UNLIMITED" owns dog named
Hank. He is combination of
dachshound and cocker spaniel and
he has a distressing taste for news
print. Unless carefully watched he
chews up all her press clippings.
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Wednesday, Oct. 27 is Navy Day.
Battleships and aircraft carriers
equipped with the latest anti-air-
craft weapons have shot down Jap
planes at the rate of one a min
ute in Pacific sea battles.
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All Information
Available Given
Army Men Kin

The War Department constantly
is intent on providing for the next
of kin the maximum information
available as to the Army person
mel who become battle casualties.
With regard to the missing, just as
with regard to the killed, wounded
and prisoners of war, all informa-
ton except the small amount which
may Immediately affect security is
forwarded promptly to those con-
cerned.
Of the total of some $4,000 men
who have been reported as battle
casualties through September 80
1913, approximately 23,500 are list
ed as missing. Most of the missing
were lost in the Philippines. They
include 1878 Philippine Scouts and
5,316 officers and men of the U. S.
Army. Some of the latter still
are being reported from time to
time by the Japanese Government
as prisoners of war Japan has
not furnished this country with lists
of Philippine Scouts who are pris-
oners.
From all other areas in the world
where U. S. Army troops have been
in action, 1850 are recorded as
missing in action. A number of
these men may be subsequently
reported as prisoners of war of ia
pan or Germany and a few may
be reported as internees of neutral
countries. Some others may ulti-
mately be located and return to
duty.
When a theater of operations re-
ports the names of men listed as
casualties, The Adjutant General of
the Army Immediately notifies the
emergency addresses by telegraph.
Care is taken to see that the names
are not announced in the field and
that the first word goes officially
to the next of kin or the relative
or friend who is designated as the
emergency addressee. In the case
of missing soldiers the telegram of
notification gives all available in
formation, including the general
area where the missing man was
in action.
AS soon as further information is
received, the emergency addressee
again is notified by telegram or
letter. Often The Adjutant Cen
eral is able to report that the miss
ing man has been taken prisoner
Sometimes men temporarily isolated
in battle make their way back to
duty, circumstance which is
promptly reported to the emergency
addressed
In case where the enemy has
identified American dead and re-
ported it through the International
Red Cross, The Adjutant General
notifies the next of kin that it has
been determined that the man pre-
viously reported missing has been
killed
At least weeks and frequently
months elapse before reports that
men have been taken prisoner are
received from the enemy In the
meantime, there is usually no in
formation at hand The Adjutant
General reports Immediately to the
next of kin all such information as
he possesses or subsequently re-
ceives.
To provide information as to the
essential facts on the casualty sta
tus of each of the $4,000 men who
have been battle casualties has been
a tremendous task in the face of OBJ
vious difficulties. The reporting
on casualties is done from combat
areas spread around the world,
some of them isolated and all SUBJ
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prisoners. both civilian and mill
tary, lanquishing behind barbed
wires who will be benefited by
the National War Fund Drive,
which includes among its agencies
the USO, United Seaman's Service,
China, Russian. Belgium, French,
and British relief organizations.
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1943-10-23

Stars of the stage, screen and
radio will appear in special Navy
Day radio shows during the week
of October q.
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Wednesday. Oct. 81 is Navy Day.
The date has dual significance.
First, it was on Oct 81, TITS that
the resolution to authorize Ameri-
can warships was introduced into
the Continental Congress. Second,
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it is the birthday of Theodore
Roosevelt, who had a big part in
building the modern American
Navy.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-01-10
how the Nays Mind Detectives Seek

Most psychiatrists feel that Riven
enough strain the most normal person
will break. What they want to do is
eliminate the youths who are short on
resistance to the effects of strain. It
may take great deal to give a normal
youth what are called battle dreams"
put lot less to break a youth who can
barely take the trials of every day life.
After the youth has filled out his
QUESTIONABLE he starts down the line
for his medical examination He is just
a number until he reaches the room
occupied by the psychiatrist.
interviewing the Recruit
There he is greeted by name Although
the psychiatrist only has a few minutes,
there's nothing hasty or perfunctory
about the interview. The psychiatrist
displays confidence rather than au-
thority," acts more like doctor than a
naval officer, both of which, of course,
he is.
Before he asks single question, he
may discover some clues just from look
ing at the towel-draped youth before
him. He looks at the boys build, no.
tices If he is Sweating profusely, II he
bites his flngernails or flushes easily.
Then he glances over the question:
naire the youth has previously filled out.
At some stations the psychiatrists have
had the boys fill out simple Eyes" and
mo" QUESTIONABLE.
If boy has answered Eyes" to such
question as do you prefer a movie
to baseball game?" the psychiatrist
would 60 on to ask questions far re-
moved from the subject which might
bring out the fact that the youth is shy,
retiring, afraid of crowds, given to day
dreaming.
Important Questions
The other type of QUESTIONABLE as out
lined in this months issue Of the Naval
Medical Bulletin has its advantages, too.
The youths home town is important in
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tive. Absence Of employment need not
be significant in youth of good family
and adequate financial means. How
ever. it may reveal an immature and
overprotected mammals boy or a shift
less and indolent youth who never took
the trouble to help out by earning at
least his own spending money"
A history of too many jobs may be a
clue. It might suggest maladjustment,
incompetence or shiftlessness A psyche
path, whose world revolves around him.
SELF may be frequently discharged for
arguing with the boss or his fellow
workers.
When the answer to spare time occu-
pations" is omitted or the youth puts
down haven't any" or just movies" the
examiner may suspect the youth spends
his spare time drinking or is a victim of
extreme turning within himself or mild
depression.
All those answers, the examiner takes
In at glance. There are still a number
OF questions he must ask and ask in
such way that the youth won't lay any
special significance upon them and con-
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pied by patients with mental disorders.
According to one estimate, the average
cost of caring for a mentally disabled
veteran to the end of his life is almost
$4,000.
Training stations follow a standard
method of sorting out unsuitables, Gen
orally, here's how it works:
The raw recruits are sent from re-
cruiting stations to a training station.
Before they start on their intensive med
ical examination, they fill out an infor-
nation sheet. The questions are easy
enough to answer but to a psychiatrist
they afford plenty of clues.
Important Clues
The sheet includes such questions as
the youths home town, the age at which
he completed his last school grade, the
Jobs he's held and how long he remained
at EACH the youths illnesses and opera
tions. how he spends his spare time, If
he swims we'll
Outside the answers themselves, the
psychiatrist may pick up something in
the spelling, the writing, significant
omissions.
The psychiatrists will be on the lookout
for any number of mental illnesses or
DEFICIENCIES that would make the recruit
a misfit. They want to weed out the
epileptics, homosexuals, alcoholics,
mentally deficient, those who have traces
of conflict in their personality, those
who are psychopathic and those border
line cases where the strain of war may
be Just enough to tip the youth over
the border of mental health.
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BY Miriam Gutenberg

The Navy is using mind detectives" to
discover whether the thousands of bows
who want to 60 to sea can stand up to
1t or would be better off in their home
towns.
BY scientific observation, questioning
and analysis Of family history, Navy
psychiatrists seek mental signs and
symptoms that would make 4 youth a
danger to Navy morale and possibly a
lifetime dependent on the Government
In peacetime, recruiting oficers did
much Of the Job now faced by NAVY
psychiatrists at training stations. They
had all the time they needed to look into
prospects background, study his school
record, talk to his employers, find out
about his family.
But thousands of boys have been nass-
Ing through recruiting stations since
Pearl Harbor. The December halt on
enlistments. the temporary arrangement
for taking youths who volunteer through
their draft boards. even the permanent
plan for . Navy draft when it comes ara
not likely TO make any change In the
problem Of sitting through the recruits
to ind those who might break down I'M
der the rigors Of Navy life.
Postwar Nerves
The mind detectives" aren't only try
ing to improve the caliber of the men in
the service. There's also the postwar
bill to think about
Nervous and mental disabilities result
Ing from World War I have cost the
Government approximately 81, 900 900 900.
Some 20 per cent OF the total number
drawing compensation from the veter-
ans Administration are disabled men,
tally.
Up to the present war. SIS per cent of
al beds in military hospitals were occu-
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his fear, make him tell the story over
and over again until 1t has lost the emo
ton that went with it.
Another psychiatrist who has seen ac-
ton in the Mediterranean, the Baltic and
the South Pacific said the Navy wasn't
finding personality soaring war neuroses
such as those described as victims of
"sheu-shock" in the last war.
He attributed that to younger per-
sonnet, the screening out Of units at the
training stations and the medical Or
ganization in the front lines. II man
knows he is going to be taken care of
right away and can be flown within a
few hours to a good hospital, the Navy
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to so much mental and physical stress
that they begin to show signs Of anxiety.
sleeplessness, loss of appetite, exag.
gerated fears.
Remove them from the combat area,
give them plenty of rest and they snap
back to their normal selves, he said.
They may not be sent back to combat
areas but they can become valuable at
shore stations.
To take care of it's victims of combat
fatigue the Navy has taken over several
luxury hotels as rest homes where the
men can golf, swim and generally amuse
themselves while they are eating and
sleeping their way back to normal
If, when nervous cases are sent to hos
pitfalls from the combat areas they don't
respond quickly, they are discharged
from the Navy on the theory that once
the pattern of a neurosis is formed once
the man breaks down, it will be easier to
follow the same pattern on less provoca-
ton the next time.
Navy Strong on Stamina
In general, however, psychiatrists agree
the Navy is short on mental cases and
long on the men with the stamina to
take anything that's handed out.
As an example, the senior medical
ofdcer Of an aircraft carrier In the Pa
cific cited the behavior Of his men.
The men rarely reported to sick bay
unless they were actually sick. The more
dangerous the waters became, the moro
stable the crew.
After We were torpedoed, everybody
was naturally apprehensive. Depth
charges were being dropped all around
us after we were picked up by destroyers.
The sharp noises sounded like torpedo
explosions. The apprehension kept I'D
for couple of weeks. But the men were
all anxious to return to combat duty,
They only wanted leave to see their
folks"
The steadiness and the courage OF the
men on the torpedoed carrier and on all
the other ships In combat areas is the
Nays most convincing test Of the mind
detectives" ut the training stations.
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or beer?" The confirmed alcoholic doesn't
mind drinking alone. A conservative
drinker prefers not to face alcohol in the
morning with hangover.
The social habits of man-his ability
to dance, his dislike of parties, his pref
erence for drinking alone-all may como
out in skillful questioning.
The questioner, searching for a meas
ure Of the youths judgment and emo
tional stability, may ask him what his
ambitions are, his pet peeves, what he
would wish for If he could have three
wishes granted.
Although 1t may seem longer, the &C
tual questioning takes from three to five
minutes.
IT you asked any psychiatrist," said 4
Navy doctor, IF he could find a neurotic
in three minutes, he would say no. The
answer is that the suspects come through
against q background of normal boys.
Once you get turned to the normal, any
thing that varies from it seems to ring q
bell at once"
What the "three-minute man" has
done is weed out the suspects. His de-
cision IS by no means final. The sus-
poets are sent elsewhere to another
psychiatrist in a soundproof office who
can interview his patient in complete
privacy.
Suspects" Under Study
The suspect may be given clean bill
of health by this senior psychiatrist. He
may be sent to neuro-psychiatric ward
at the station or into an observation
platoon. While he is being studied, the
social service department gets in touch
with his home community, fills in the
missing parts in the puzzle.
After 10 days to two weeks, the mans
case comes before an aptitude board
composed Of line officer, several medi-
cal oncers. including one or more psy-
chtatr1sts, and sometimes q psychologist.
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formation AS one Navy psychiatrist put
it, What might be normal in a Down
Easter might be psychopathic in the
Bronx" In other words a slow drawl
might be expected from a youth born
in one part of the country but in youth
from city where everybody spoke rapid
ly, slow drawl might be a clue to a
dull intellect.
On the score Of education, the mind
detective" may unearth several clues. If
the boy did not finish high school, the
questioner may ask, How did you get
along in school? What kind of marks?
I suppose you played hooky few times?
Did you get caught? Did you have some
scraps with your teachers?"
If boy has assaulted his teacher, he
is more liable to become a problem
child in the Navy and the service wants
none of them. How he tells the ques-
toner about the scrap helps the doctor
to determine how much emphasis he
should put on it. "Evasiveness invariably
implies guilt"
The Question of Jobs
If there's discrepancy between the
age of leaving school and the number Of
grades normally completed, the examiner
will continue his questions about school,
work to find out what happened in the
years unaccounted for He may dis
cover the youth had to repeat grades
frequently, lost much time because OF
illness or spent the intervening years in
a reformatory.
The data on jobs may also be informa-
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sequently, won't lie because Of his anxiety
to get into the service.
If the questioner asks How many
times have you been picked up by the
cops?" he will put the youth on the de-
fensive. He is more liable to say Have
you ever been arrested?" The youth is
then more inclined to search his memory