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Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1943-10-02
King Hiram Masonic Lodge
To Hold vicksburg Meeting
October 81 Thru November /;
Comforting of Degrees to Be
Main Feature of Annual Meet

pastor. The annual sermon will be
delivered by Rev. l.. S. V. Sorrell,
Clarksdale, Miss, and pastor OF
Pearly Grove M. B. church, jack
son, Miss. Rev. Sorrell is one of the
leading ministers in the state, and
his message will be spiritual, infor-
national and inspiring.
Already special invitations have
been extended to all churches, ed
ucational institutions, fraternal or
CARNATIONS, all Masonic brothers
and Eastern Star members, as well
as the general public, to join in
this wonderful celebration.
The M. w. King Hiram Grand
Lodge has grown to be one of the
biggest and best fraternal organi-
cations in the state of Mississippi
at this particular time It is out
standing as an organization that is
owned and operated by its MEM
bers and not a few of the big
boys" 1t is entirely free from die
tatorship, all members having per-
feet freedom of speech in the an
nual election or reelection of all
Grand officers, and all members
being well acquainted with all an
nual reports, all collections and all
disbursements. The books are open
ed at all times for inspection by all
financial members on the roll of
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Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1943-10-02

WASHINGTON, d. c. - (SNS)
The Department of Justice an
nounced this week that Donald
Castle, a sawmill operator in Lau-
derdale County, Miss, pleaded
guilty on September 81 to a peon-
age indictment involving Rosy
Wyse, a Negro.
Arraigned before Federal Judge
Sidney C. Mize, at Meridian, Miss,
and prosecuted by United States
Attorney Toxey Hall, Castle adj.
mitted three violations of the Civil
Rights Statutes in shipping and
holding Wyse in peonage at Castles
sawmill in December, 1912. Judge
Mize accepted the guilty plea and
announced that Castle will be SEN
fenced at later date.
The indictment, IN three counts,
was returned by Federal Grand
Jury at Meridian on March 16. 1943,
following an FBI investigation OF
a complaint filed by State official
that Castle had seized Wyse from
a farm where he was employed,
"shackled him to q bed with a log
chain about his neck" and forced
him to work against his will.
The three counts of the indict-
ment charged that Castle carried
Wyse away with the intent that he
be held as a slave and caused him
to be held as a slave in violation
of Section 443, Title Is, U. 8. G.,
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1943-10-02

The Most Worshipful King Hiram
Grand Lodge Colored, A. F. and A.
M. Scottish Rite Masons, chartered
and incorporated under the laws OF
the State of Mississippi, member OF
the General Grand Masonic Con-
gress of the u. S. A., organized in
1889 in Cleveland, Ohio, Incorporate
ed in 1926 and its affiliated bodies,
Supreme Council and Imperial
Council, will hold its annual session
In Vicksburg, Mississippi, beginning
October 81, through November 3.
Already tentative plans are being
made for what will be the largest
session in the history of the organ
cation and according to Ill. Clar-
ence Winters, 33, State Deputy,
Masonic brother from every section
of the state will be in attendance.
Meeting in joint session with the
brothers will be the members OF
the Electa Grand Chapter, Order OF
Eastern Stars, working under the
jurisdiction of the M. w. King Hi
ram Grand Lodge.
The session will open Sunday,
October 81, at high noon, with one
Of the largest parades ever staged
bv q fraternal organization. The
line of march will go from the Odd
Fellows Hall on Washington Street
and proceed to the Wesley Meth
odist church, located at 1918 First
East Street, Rev. w. G. Crawford,
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1943-10-02
SurueyRepeaIs NapyLs Not
Nearing Pledged Quota

formula from The outset. Tt was to
make Up this difference that the
navy announced following the
agreement with WMCA that IS per
cent of its calls would be for Ne
eroes. With the changes In person.
mel estimates advanced by the
admiral, this deficiency could
amount to 22c,958 men unless there
is a pickup in inductions.
In spite of Sec. Kox's denial,
the acceleration is not taking place
in any appreciable degree. Since
April, the navy's calls for Negroes
have been greater than 10 per
cent, but not nearly approaching
the IS per cent it promised to
make Induction figures. which are
invariably less than those for calls.
for the first three months of the
year below 10 ger cent, and for the
next six months, slightly above.
NUMBERS ARE SMALL
Calls for the coast guard and
the marines have been much high
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Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1943-10-02
Carelessness Nav
Delay Benefits

If your trade requires you 10
york for more than one employer
each year, you should keep q re.
,rd of the name and address of
each employer and the amount
81 wares received. If you don't
Keep such a record and are care.
less with your Social Security Ac.
count number Card, your wife
may have trouble in obtaining
he monthly Federal Old Age and
survivors benefits for herself and
children in case you may die.
Carelessness may cost your
family money when they most
aeed it if you die. regardless Of
age. 1t may also delay your get
ting monthly benefits when YOU
reach age IS and retire, and your
wife. too. when SHE becomes 65.
This is important for workers 10
remember in such trades as car.
pentcrs, bricklayers, electricssns,
plasterers, plumbers. musicians
and others Who work for several
employers in the course of a
7ear.
Write to the Social Security
Board Field Office at 124 South
Parish Street. Jackson, Mississir-
ii for further information on
Old-Age and Survivors Insur-
ance.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1943-10-02
Judge Refuses
Extrddition On
Hdbeas Corpus
Asserts Return
Would Not Serve
Ends OF Justice
By RUTH ROLEN

CHESTER, Pa. - (ANP) ~ Ira
Collins, 40, one of President John
G. Pew's thousands Of Negro work.
ers in his number four yard at the
Sun Shipbuilding and Drydock
company, is still miles away from
Georgia It is doubtful If Collins
would still be finding distance be-
tween him and the chain gang
torture had not Pew gone to bat"
Tor him and had not Delaware
County Court Judge Henry G.
sweeney barred his extradition last
week.
The employe had been held IN
$500 bail, and Governor Edward
Martin had signed an order for his
extradition. Pew took an interest
n the case, furnished bail and pro-
vided Collins with a lawyer.
The attorney, after the extradi>
ton warrant was signed, applied
Tor writ of habeas corpus under
he Pennsylvania uniform extradi-
lion act. Judge sweeney considered
The circumstances of the immediate
case, but not the merits OF Collins
original conviction in Georgia.
The prisoners testimony told of
frequent beatings administered to
chain gang prisoners and showed
scars on his back as evidence OF
the truth Of his statement. He con-
Guided story of having seen pris-
oners receive as many as 100 LASH
es for petty offenseJ by saying he
would rather "be six feet under
ground than return there" Prison.
ers, he said, were often spread
eagled on the ground and honey
placed on their faces to attract
flies. In other instances. Collins
continued. men were strung I'D by
their wrists SO that the tips of their
toes just touched the ground.
Jerome Holland, chief of person-
mel at Number -Four yard, testified
Collins was an excellent workman
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Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1943-10-02
Walter H. Duke" Williams
On Natl Vigilance Committee

Mr.. Walter II. s'Duke" Williams,
widely known former coacn at
Toue laoo College, and former in
structor, Lincoln University, OF
Missouri, now vice president secre-
tary and general manager Of the
Security Life Insurance, has been
invited to serve as member of the
National Vigilance Committee. The
National Vigilance Committee
sponsored by the National Negro
Insurance Association through its
President B. T. Bradshaw. extend
ed request ard invitation to Mr..
Williams for membership on the
committee ny letter Of last week.
who immediately announced his
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1943-10-02
Flood Restoration
Loans Available
In Warren County

Warren County, Mississippi has
been added to the list of counties
designated by Secretary of Agricul-
ture Claude r. Wickard for flood
restoration loans.
The loans are available to farm
ers in the county who cannot get
credit elsewhere to put back into
production farms that were dam
aged by flood in 1943. They are
made by the Farm Security Admin
istration from $15,000,000 special
farm flood aid fund established by
Congress in the 1943 Second Defi-
cheney Appropriation Act.
The designation of Warren brings
to $40 the number of counties in
which flood restoration loans have
been authorized in sixteen southern
and midwestern states. Loan ap-
plications in the newly designated
county ar being received at the
local FSA office in Vicksburg.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1943-10-02
Red Caps Held
Essential Part
OF Rail Travel
Ruling Will End
1Oc Charge For
Handling Baggage

WASHINGTON -(ANP) The IN
terstate Commerce commission lass
week reaffirmed a former decision
sustaining the position of Attorney
Leon M. Despres. general counsel
for the UTSEA-CIO, that the Day.
ton Union Railway company should
file a tariff covering charges mace
to passengers for red cap service.
The rail company and all others
making the charge were ordered TO
file such papers on or before De-
cIaeber Is, 1943 thus ending
three-year fight between the red
cap union and eastern and SOUTH
ern railroads.
Included in the commissions de-
cision was an opinion that the
handling of baggage by red caps Is
an integral part of passenger trans
portation service and is necessary
for the maintenance Of an orderly
station and rapid movement OF
travellers to and from trains. Total
effect of the opinion is to make red
caps essential employees Of equal
status with other incorporating
employees of the railroad industry.
The controversy between the
union and the railroads began in
1910 when Mrs. Ida NJ. Stopper re-
fused to pay the 10 cent baggage
handling charge on the grounds
that it was illegal and discrimina-
tory.
The UTSEA filed formal charges
against the Cincinnati Union Ter
minal company. the road involved,
in support of the passenger. Ended
also by the commerce commission
ruling is the fight waged by the
union extending back to 1887 over
the "concessionaire" status Of red
caps who work for gratuities alone.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1943-10-02

acceptance.
As stated in the Letter of PreGi-
dent Bradshaw, the cuties Of this
committee are to cooperate with all
all local movements, to assist in
securing equal training for jobs
Negroes in tire defense and war
industries; to keep in close touch
with the entire National defense
programs; to keep member COM
panies well informed in our fight
for equal opportunity in this re-
srect snd to take the necessary
steps to preserve the gains that
Negroes are making in industry
and assure our people jobs Of this
nature after the war.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1943-10-02

MOUND BAYOU, Miss.--One OF
the few all Negro towns in America
population 1,0Oc, reported to the
Treasury Department this week
that more than two-thirds OF its
$4,000 Third War Loan quota has
been reached.
Benjamin Green, first male
child boin in the community he
now heads, said more than $1,000
in War Bonds have been pur-
reDadu
chased by Mound BayouanS since
the campaign opened September
8.
c. B. Thurman, Negro postmaster
of the fifty-odd years old town, is
directing which includes door-to"
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1943-10-02
Mound Bayou Seek $4,000
Quota In Third War Loan Drive

door canvassing, but there are no
special Bond rallies or programs.
Mayor Green pointed cut that
the war Bond campaign is being
conducted with success despite the
fact that the cottoncrop, upon
which the towns prosperity largely
depends, has not yet been gathered
and sold.
The town is located III Bolivar
County, Miss, one of the principal
ccurties raising long staple cotton
in the world.
Green said the Mound Bayou War
Finance Committee expects 10
reach its quota slightly before the
official close of the Third War
Loan Drive.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1943-10-02
Pleads Guilty In
Peonage Charges

and that Castle held Wyse in a
state of peonage, in violation OF
Section 444, Title Is, e. S. c. Each
count of the indictment is punish
able by a maximum sentence Of
five years.
Assistant U. S. Attorney Stewart
C. Brown assisted Mr.. Hall in the
prosecution of the case.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1943-10-02
Sea Forces AT Present Are Short
Of About 100, 1858, Johnson Asserts

figures. the department h S
estimated that it will need about
100000 h. the year end, thus CIV
ing them total personnel of APP
proxir ately 3,0<9,5o1 men.
NOW BELOW QUOTA
Based upon the " per cent agree.
ment, the navy should have now
about 26o,958 NEGROES. The addi-
tional requirements to which Adm.
Jacobs referred would mean that
some 10000 more Negroes would
be required, giving the department
a total Negro personnel of roughly
300,918 men.
There are today about $4,000
Nerrces in the Navy department
which includes the coast guard and
the marines. This represents a
a differ rem C e of a b u t
1908 men which it should have
had T. observed the 10 per cent
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1943-10-02
Two Members |.
0fCrew Saved
In New Guinea
Bomb Explodes
Just AS Soldiers
Escape Wreckase
BY SCOOP JONES
(Associated Negro Press War 20
resp0ndeptl


WITH THE AEF IN NEW GUI-
NEA-(ANP) - Three youths have
arisen into the glory of heroes. A b
"a bomber returning from 4 a. m.
raid. crashed to the scattered ourn-
ing wreckage amid exploding anu
milton, and managed to rescue two
of its crew before a 1,000-1ound
bomb. ignited from the heat de-
tonated the remains Of the IleTy
bulkage to kingdom come.
Sgt. Lewis Erind1e Jr., Glroa
Station, Phoenix, Arizona; Cpl
james v. Temple, GA w. Franklin,
Baltimore, Md, and PFC. Davio
Williams, Ledowici, Ga, are the
heroes of this rescue. Sgt. Grindle
gives a vivid account. We were
lust returning from one place
where we had been furnishing
maintenance for our trucks. 1t was
about four o'clock in the morning
when we were just approaching
that we saw piale crash just
few hundred yards ahead OF us.
HEARD MEMS CRIES
David Williams and were the
first TO arrive We could hear men
in the wreckage crying for help. we
got out of our truck and ran to
the burning plane to see Il We
could help. We managed to PIN one
badly injured man from the wreck
ed plane, carried him from the fire.
We went back, got another one and
were carrying him to safety when
the ambulance and fire truck ar
rived.
"While the fire-fighters were at
tempting to extinguish the bleze.
David and started back to the
plane for the third time to see If
we could help the other members
of the trapped crew. Just then a
thunderous explosion came knock
ing me flat to the ground. lost
consciousness for a few moments.
but soon recovered, finding that /
was only slightly bruised.f
Cpl. Temple, who arrived on the
scene after the other men, said
that he had been attracted by the
fire from distance and hurried to
see If he could give some assistance.
ST arrived just as Grindle and Will
liams were rescuing the second
victim. The ambulance was also
just arriving. helped the medical
men place the two crash victims
into the ambulance. believe
Grindle and Williams had gone
back to the plane to see if they
could rescue more. Then the ex-
plosion came and I was knocked
unconscious"
All three men were rendered TN
conscious from the conclusion of
the bomb. Pfc. Williams received
the worst of the deal, fragment
of shrapnel In the right arm, not
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Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1943-10-02
Church Presents
Unusual Charges
Against Minister

ATLANTA, Ga. - (SNS- -
Fooled in their Initial attempt to
GUST Rev. e. D. White from the pas
torate Of st. James Baptist Church,
members of that congregation Thur.
through Attorney Joe Ewing, filed
charges in Fultcu Court seeking his
removal.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1943-10-02
HIGHER CHILD PAY BACKED

WASHINGTON-( N So - The
Army and Navy backed higher
government payments to children
of service men Wednesday, declar-
ing opposition. to boost for
childleSS wives.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1943-10-02
BY ERNEST E. JOHNSON

WASHfNGTON-(ANP) Unless
the navy department. make SUBJ
stantial increase in its cali Tor Me-
groes, it will not reach the level
promised during conversations with
War ManpoWer commission cliff
Gals last spring, in line with
the policy worked out with the
approval of the White House
whereby Negroes would account for
10 per cent of all branches of the
armed forces
The upward adjustment In total
personnel announced two weeks
ago by Rean Adm. Randall Jacobs,
chief Of navy personnel, testifyins
before the senate military COM
nittee, makes even more unlikely
the attainment of the goal.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1943-10-02
NEED ANOTHER YEAR


From an unquestioned source 1t
was learned recently that the navy
had requested an additional year
in which to achieve what 1t had
promised to do by the end OF 1943
IN the matter of Negro Inductions
Questioned shortly after during his
press conference, Sec. Knox de-
CARED that the navy is adherins TO
the program greed to, and that
it has been taking all the eligible
men selective program had been
sending them. He pointed oa1'
however, that reflections were ra-
their high owing to the higher
physical requirements for the navy.
There are now ABOUT 2,6O9,58l
men in the navy. Adm. Jacobs
testified that in an adjustment OF
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-03-30
Season Of Their Discomfort

Your Waterbury firemen can't be
blamed II he Is q bit on the grumpy side
these days. Now Is the season OF his
greatest discomfort, what with every
householder and his entire family bent,
apparently, on seeing how quickly he can
burn down his own house or that Of his
neighbor. In short the season of brush,
rubbish, grass, and what-not fires Is at
hand. They are breaking out at all times
and In all places. It's nothing for fire
companies TO be summoned from one
blaze to another
Some of them are nothing more than
the good old common backyard variety
which can be extinguished with min
imum of effort. Others, though, cover
much territory, burn down valuable prop
erty, and occasion considerable alarm,
not to mention the cost of the taxpayers
of the City of Waterbury. True the Fire
Department is maintained just for the
purpose of protecting our homes, our
businesses, and our lives from the ravageS
of flames, but 1t never was meant that
careleSSneSS should demand 24-hour con-
slant attention from the firemen.
Yet that's Just about the situation to-
day and probably will continue to be the
situation for some days to come. People
will take chances In burning brush or
grass. They either neglect to take the
proper precautions or else they have
supreme confidence in their ability to
control the fire. A faSt-traveling grass
fire is no reSpector of good intentions. 1t
requires the attention of more than one
person and 1t must be controlled in eff
cient manner If 1t is not to escape the
limits
In these days 1t is particularly neces-
sary that property owners restrain their
desires to burn off lots and underbrush,
because Waterbury is too vital a war pro-
duction area to be threatened by careless
Uncontrolled outdoor fires. Our fire
companies are too essential to the war
effort to be making them answer sixty,
seventy, or eighty calls day for brush
fires. OF course, we say these same things
every spring and every fall. They don't
seem to do much good, for we still have
Just as many fires, but maybe somebody
Is persuaded not to start one, so there is
satisfaction in at least convincing one
citizen of where his duty lies in this re-
Spect.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-03-30

Two important objections have
been raised against the AuStin-WadS-
worth industrial draft bill. Both go
straight to It's heart to the question
whether any industrial draft act should
be adopted. The first stresses that vol
untary methods have not yet been given
opportunity to prove themselves. II
tabor boarding, mismanagement, short
work weeks, abSenteeiSm, feather-bed-
ding, racial discrimination and similar
practices were abolished, there would be
40 need for labor draft now, If ever. But
ns We have pointed out before, the admin
lstration never has shown any intention
Of cracking down on such practices, and
probably viii not until the political millen-
mum arrives. The second objection,
voiced most recently by President Green
Of the American Federation of Labor, is
that an industrial draft would impose in
voluntary Servitude In violation of the
18th amendment and of "our most basic
and cherished concepts of freedom"
That Is Just as true of labor draft as
&C Is Of Q military draft. Each forces men,
regardless of personal and family hard
ship. to take new jobs under new en-
ployers - not necessarily of the mans
own choosing. Let's waive the differ
enceS in comfort, safety, salary and gen.
eral economic security, in disruption of
homes and family ties, between military
and industrial drafts. They all operate
in favor of an industrial draft. The
soldier has no alternative of employers;
he works for Uncle Sam, or else, He can
not bargain as TO salary. He cannot
demand overtime pay schedules. He
cannot take time off II he gets bored or
tired or sick. He has none of the privi-
leges which would be retained by labor
under the Austin WadSworth bill.
Is he, therefore, serf? Not at all. He
Is loyal American, doing for his country
what the law and his conscience require.
His involuntary Servitude is for the dura-
ton.
Neither would the laborer be q Serf. He
would be protected by volumes of laws
enacted to assure that no employer shall
take advantage Of him; by dozen and
one alert, worker-partial federal and
state agencies; by politicians who know
whence their votes come; by vigilant pub
tic watchfulness. His wage, working con-
ditions, living conditions, all are amply
secured. He could not be exploited.
Mr.. Green's ground for opposition is
not impressive.