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The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1943-03-13
G. James Fleming Speaks On Negro Press At B. L. w.
Rap owl Approval
OfJn, CroW Setup

WASHINGTON. d. c, - The
prom Sc of A, ] Altemeyer an Owl
executive director and Social Sc
cur.ty board chairman that he did
not intend 10 approve a plan that
would result in the supervision OF
me wh!te personnel by cotored or
Will result in white persons being
required or being asked to be in
ierviewed by colored persons was
cited this week by the NAAC.P,
as another indication OF the South
increasing dictatorship OF federal
policies.
Altemeyer made his salute 20 jim
crow al a recent house hearing in
answer 10 demand by Georgia's
congressman Malcolm c. TJrver.
A verbatim account Of the con-
verSation between TarVer and Alte-
meyer follows:
MR. TARVER: What about mix
ing them twhite and colored3 all up
in the same work room?
MR.. ALTEMEYER: SO far as that
is concerned, / will give you the
assurance gave you before that we
will certainly work that out in ac-
cordance with the space limitations
so that there will be no greater
offense TO social sensibilities than
exist at the present time
MR.. TARVER: What about this
business Of having colored steno-
graphers called 10 attend 10 the
stenographic needs of white en-
ployes and conversely white steno-
graphers being called to attend TO
the stenographis needs OF colored
MR.. ALTEMEYER: We will not
have that done. Now, you are ask
ing two questions. do not think
there has ever been any question
raised, Mr.. Jones can correct me. on
colored people serving the need Of
white persons furnishing ~steno-
graphic assistance. | think you
mean particularly the other si.ua-
ton.
MR.. TARVER: I think both are
Objectionable.
MR.. ALTEMEYER II there is OBJ
lection we will eliminate both"
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1943-03-13
with Post
Headquarters
Bv CPL. GEO. HUBBARD

II seemed rather strange TO see
Sgt. Lincoln Steele around camp
last week end. He was unable 10
make his usual run in to Detroit
Speaking OF sergeants, Sergeant
Martin is an altogether different
person since the Mrs, checked up
on him and laid down the law. We
lear Cfrom reliable sources) that
ne spends most OF his time at home
instead of digging the joints in
Chi as he had been doing.
We wonder IL Pfc. James play
boy) Johnson tells the whole truth
when he said he had been here
two years and had never visited
the Service club until Re started
working there? He is in the right
place TO meet lot OF new chicks.
women are his chief topic OF con-
versation)
Seems as il Pfc. Jimmie Phelps
will be the next TO get married. IL
is known fact that all OF his last
pay went TO purchase ring. Let
us know the date OF the wedding,
Jimmie.
All OF the boys wish 10 consra-
tulate Pvts. Vernon Harris and
Robert Walker on their recent mar
riage. They we're lucky TO have
a few days off 10 celebrate their
honeymoon.
You can get an even bet that
Pfc James Taylor will be married
when he returns from his furlough
and you can get 3 TO ! bet that
his Is days Will be spent in De-
rot Win "SWeetS, instead OF IN
Tennessee where he was supposed
10 have been visiting relatives.
We wish to extend best wishes
and welcome 10 the new men ttrom
Camp Mccoy who joined our out
fit last week. We hope they Will
like their sojourn with US.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1943-03-13
Riot
Continued from page ~

Continued from page ~
i,l-feeling between the races break
ing out into violence at Vallejo.
Salinas. or other points there be-
cause of the attitude OF the whites
from the southern states.
They are. he says, invariably
bitter and outspoken in their hateful
remarks about Negroes, and angrii y
resent any evidence on their part
10 treat them as superiors. In fact,
says George, who was here to attend
the Marian Anderson concert last
week, there are two occasions when
he might have been beaten him
self had he not been ply sically able
TO defend himself.
Asks Army Action
Because this is the third 'ot in
less than three months, George sug-
gests some special order by the war
department with severe penalties
attached. as the only way TO prevent
trouble. Racial problems frequently
arise in the USO house. under his
direction, because ne absolute, re-
fuses TO favor one nationality over
another in this all-nation recreation
spot.
The demonstration Satur y
started soon after midnight. when
al. California bars must close. Po-
,.ce Chief Earl Dierking said q Ne
gro shore-patrol officer attempted
10 put all Intoxicated white sailor
into a taxi. The sailor refused 70
enter, he said
The navy policeman and the white
sailor exchanged biows-,Chiei
Dierking said, and service men
poured into the street from about
200 bars in the area and took ur
the fight, Shore patrol and mill
tsry police took three men into
custody. Vallejo police made nc
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1943-03-13

A new group OF leaders are be-
ginning to grow in the industrial
sun. Inspired by the lack OF suf-
ficient manpower to keep produc-
ton up to its highest expectations,
competent mechanical minded
women are putting on their over
alls and have forsaken their social
activities for the duration.
Mrs. Beulah White Work, newly
elected chairman of New Steel and
Aluminium foundries election com
mittee at Ford River Rouge plant,
is a pioneer in this modern trend.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1943-03-13
Named
Deputy Sheriff

Everett Sonny Edwards, Michi-
gan Chronicle photographer. was
appointed to Sheriff Andrew Baid'S
staff Of deputies al the Wayne coun-
ty jail, last week. Edwards went
10 work Monday.
Edwards had been employed as
official staff photographer for the
Michigan Chronicle during the past
two years. Prior 10 that he was
employed at the Ford plant. He
fills the vacancy caused by the
death OF Leon Miller.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1943-03-13
RACE WOMAN TO RECEIVE
$500 FROM WHITE ESTATE

Miss Jones sued Phillip Rhinelander
for 100000. claiming he had alien
ated his sons affections for her An
agreement was reached between
Miss Jones and the elder Rhineland-
err July g. 1880 She was PAID
$500 mo"thly until his death in 1910.
KID died in 1886
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1943-03-13
FUNCTION OF
Newspapers
TOLD IN TALK
Business Men O bsercec
Negro Newspaper
Week

IN observance 81 The FHh an.
nusl Negro Newspaper Wcok which
vas climsxed last SATURDAY. by =
nation wide BROADCAST over tie
Columbia Rroadcastng SYSTEM. 6
James Fleming well known news
pspermsn and member OF the staff
OF the Presidents Fair Employ
ment Practice Committee dclv.
cred stirring address on nc
Functions OF a Minority Press in
Wartime al the "Wednesday lunch
con meeting ~ the Booker r
Washington Trade ASSOCIATION here
last week.
introduced by Clarence Jack
son. advertising manager ~ the
Michigan Chronicle. Mr. Fleming
gave brief outline Of tie origins
~ the Negro Press and cited the
pioneer efforts OF the first Negro
editor. John b. RuSswurm. who was
also the first American Negro col
leEe graduate
Mr.. Fleming declared III there
was not the Negro Press. we would
straightwsy have 10 create it-so
important IL = 10 our liberty. pur-
suit OF happiness and our very
life" Speaking OF the historic
functions OF the Negro Press. Mr.
Fleming stated the first function
had been to make slaves free and
ever since emancipation the func-
ton has been To make ex-Slaves
free. tall. chin-up citizens"
Commenting on the great role o.
the Negro Press in contemporary
America. the speaker pointed tina,
the press seeks Ito serve the ma
ton and its war detectives in the
knowledge that democracy as we
know il is worth saving because
Of its promise. For under democ-
rscy we can pray. petition and pro-
test: we can meet together in .
piSCC lhC WIS. We Cd1 ScTlO Ocle-
cations 10 the city hall. the state
capitol and the nations capitol
and, as part OF the working class.
We can join labor unions. we can
! nickel we can build organizations
Ike the EAA.c.P. the Urban
League. etc: and finally we can
publish newspapers and magazines
I'm our own interest, we can build
ths~Negro press"
Speaking of the Press role In
The present war. Mr. Fleming
stressed the fact that the Negro
Newspapers are hammering home
the important fact that I'VE must
take part in this war in order to
come nearly sharing in the peace,
and that we may have a continuing
stake in America"
He paid tribute TO the courage
Gus editors and columnists for re-
fusing to buckle to sppeasement
ut time when virile democracy
IL the best guarantee OF OF a true
democratic victory.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1943-03-13
TOT sUFFoCATEs TO DEATH

4 two-day-oId baby suffocated to
death in It's bed last week. so police
reported in the case OF Jotn Lewis
Boiling. OF TIA Dubois street.
Cause OF death was said to have
been sufocation as the coroner"s
Office seeks 10 determine how the
accident occurred.
The tots body was identified by
Dennis Boiling OF the above ad-
dress and by ferret; Perry OF ZOOS
Jos. Campau. &C.,
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1943-03-13
THE VOTER MUST Be ELIGIBLE
OR SHE'LL CANCEL BALLOT

Lucy Thurman YW.CH. Civil
Rights Federation, N.A,A.P.,
Berea Methodist church, and lux
Hilary 208 (women'O sewing for
Red Cross. ~
She is a native OF Richmo4d.
Ky, where she was graduske yof
Richmond High school. While in
Detroit she attended Commerce
High school and had vocational
training in lathe work.
Her husband, Merrial Work. was
a volunteer Ford organizer and a
delegate TO CLIO. Council.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1943-03-13

Mrs Works duties will be to check
eligibility OF all voters from these
buildings and tabulate certified re-
turns from the entire Ford Rouge
plant. She is employed as grind
ing Inspector in Aluminium foun-
dry.
Aside from being active in war
work. Mrs. Work finds sufficient
time to participate in the programs
of the following organizations:
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1943-09-19
On Second Thought

We remember being deeply impressed once
when the playing of volinst made young
child cry. Then we remembered that the
same du.cet tones would create the same re-
action in nine dogs out Of ten
And we were ready to buy orchids after
hearing a certain person claim direct descent
from William the Conquerer until we recalled
he Was-well born out of wedlock
So what? So we can't get excited over the
excitement in Berlin Mussolinis rescue
The Germans have him, but he's out of his
mind most of the time, and the rest of the
time physically sick. They may have thought
IN use him as a utensil for cooking up new
fascist stew, but he turns out crackpot
Clark Lee, Mediterranean correspondent,
who hits bullseyes with persistent regularity
cav. Mussolini il very sick man. and
ooes on to tell how when he was arrested
.fter the Fascist council kicked him out he
was violent for days and then called for pencil
and paper and wrote an interminable defense
1T Fascism and his own actions
He and Hitler ought to make good pail
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1943-09-19

tools and planes and ships. With an endless
flow Of all these to battlelines in this round
of the war the knockout will come the sooner.
This is said in behalf of an appeal, heard
in all parts of the country, for larger pur-
chases of war bonds that the aforesaid flow
of the tools of victory may not only continue
but grow greater.
We know that our armed forces can win,
we know they are out-fghting, out-maneuver-
ing out-classing the enemy, and are getting
ready to crack down with the knockout. We
must also understand that it up to us to
strengthen them in the final stages of the
fight with our every resource, and partcu-
larly with our dollars which pay for the i'm
plements they need.
Wilmington has passed the halfway mark
toward its allotted quota of $6,053, 900 in this
third war loan campaign. 1t must not fail
to reach the goal. Rather, it ought to exceed
the dhota and so help to make assurance of
victory doubly sure. Shriners in this vicini-
ty members of Sudan Temple, have raised
their own voluntary goal from 81, 100000 to
So 600 OOO Their example is worth following.
Wilmington topped its quota in the last
bond campaign. 1t can well afford to do it
again. In fact it can better afford to buy
more than the allotted value Of bonds than
fall short and have to remember in times to
come that it neglected its great opportunity
to contribute to the limit Of its capacity to
victory.
Remember, the knockout is up to us as
well as the armed forces in the field. Buy
more bonds. Buy them now.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1943-09-19
Buy More Bonds

The time for a knockout is when a fighter
is on the ropes. Champions come up that
way. Conversely, no fighter may hope for
a championship unless in addition to skill he
also has the killer instinct.
This war is just about at the stage where
the enemy is bullying the ropes. The time
for the knockout is near. In addition to the
skill the Allies have developed in the world
wide war ring they have the indispensable
attribute of vctory-the killer instinct.
But it is true, too that along with these
assets, the victor must have stamina 10 carry
on until the knockout is delivered In the
battle that decency is waging on depraVl1y
in this war, stamina represents supplies ana
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1943-09-19
Observation-Disclosures
OF Flaming Orb s Powers

to the earth through covering gas
es.
The particles that make them
selves felt on the earth move at
tremendous speeds, but far short
of the speed of light. Light bridges
the 93-million-mile gulf in little
over 8 minutes, travelling at a
velocity of 10000 miles a second.
The particles from sun spots re-
quire, according to their varying
weights, from 18 to so hours to
make the same trip. They thus
fly through space at speeds rang
ing from 1400 down to 400 miles
per second.
The particles that are electrified
never actually strike the solid
earth. While still hundreds of miles
short of their goal they are turned
off to the north and south by
the earth's magnetic field, the
same forces which pull a compass
needle into a north-south position.
Under proper conditions, the cap
tured particles set air molecules
to glowing in northern and south
ern regions, causing auroras. They
also disrupt the magnetic field,
interfering with the normal oper-
alton of telegraph wires.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1943-09-19
Slap At Paternalism

Paternalistic propensities of the admins
tration, which have come DANGEROUSLY near
to fascism under the war emergency. have
been slapped by southern governors, who in
slst that private industry not the federal
government provide the greater part of en-
ployment in the postwar era.
Much of the thought in official Washington
has been focused on public works projects as
the chief means of absorbing hanover re-
turning from the war. Dixie executives at
Denver counter with the proposition that the
undertaking is within the natural sphere of
private enterprise.
Governor Jones of Louisiana saws public
works cannot solve the postwar EMPLOYMENT
problem, and adds that they are undertaken
merely to create jobs which must end when
the projects are built What is needed is 2
steady source of employment, he says. The
states should promote health-producing enter
prlses the benefits of which would continue
long after the public works program was COM
pleted Louisiana, he explains, proposes to
put 10000 men to work in the forest industry
and another 81 500 to developing additional
agricultural lands
Here are projects that will increase the
resources and produce lasting advantages to
the state. They have the edge on manv prof.
ects believed to be included in the federal
program for creating jobs Furthermore. it
would seem that the states are in better
position to judge their needs and the needs
OF their industries than the federal govern
ment and should have the power to direct
their own employment efforts with an eve
to lettering the situation of their people and
industries.
Federal aid in state projects is not to be
condemned, but federal dictation over state I'M
dertaklngs ought to be prevented If it is
not, we are likely to see conditions similar to
those created by the OPA, for example, when
Leon Henderson presumed to tell trained
butchers how to cut their meat
The southern governors have started some
thing which well deserves to be taken ur
by governors in other sections of the country
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1943-09-19
Lac Taken

Another Japanese stronghold has been taken
eral Macarthur Lae's base is ours. After
warplanes had pounded it to rubble, Austria
liam land troops marched in and raised their
battle flag over the control tower.
Once occupied by 10000 Japanese, it is re-
ported that when the end came only a few
The victory is important not only because
New Guinea now in Allied hands, had form
ed vital link in Japan's island baStions and
was prime outpost of Rabaul, but also be-
cause the Japanese had the stronger force
to begin with and heavier reserves available,
if they could have been brought into action.
Lac and the other important japanese base
at Salamaua, a few miles to the SOUTH were
taken because Macarthur out-maneuvered the
Japanese, confused them by the device of
leading them to expect the chief assault at
one place while he concentrated his main
force at the other, and because Allied air
power was overwhelmingly greater than the
enemys.
Is there not good reason to think, with this
example of superior generalship and superior
air strength before us, that the outcome of
the Battle of the Southwest Pacific is definite
ly and at last going our way?
Because of his great affection for the Philip
pines and his pledge to return, it is easy to
understand General MacArthur's touching an
nouncement after Lae's fall, that with Gods
hal boc Ri
know that the Philippines are not alone in
the intrepid generals vision He sees the
Philippines as a stepping stone on the way
to Japan itself. He is going back to his be-
loved islands. He will free the Filipinos from
the Japanese yoke, but the crusade will not
stop there. He will go to Tokyo.
But first Rabaul must be taken, and then
Truk. And before Rabaul can be wiped out,
the Solomons campaign must be concluded.
The Japanese still strong there. Their
bases on Bougainvile are powerful The fight
has already started. Air power under Ad-
mlral Halsey's command has delivered mighty
blows, and knowing the AdmiraIs f i ht ing
sense, may expect to hear of more and
greater attacks. Bouganville will be taken,
we may be sure, and its bases seized, with
continuing heavy enemy losses Thereafter,
It is reasonable to believe, the greatest of
drives in the southwest Pacific will be d.
'ected at Rabaul.
The pincers are closing tighter and tighter
on Japans empire. If Tokyo won its war at
the start as some authorities declare, it is
now losing it.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1943-09-19
Two Essential Reforms

In these times when anything is possible,
it might be that the war will draw to a close
very near the day that North Cardinals legis-
lature next assemblies. Whether it does or
does not, the time is now ripe to draft
legislative program with an eye focused close
ly on postwar conditions and needs and on
community development
Wilmngtons program, if it is to provide
adequately for future advancement, must con-
tain, among others, two essential provisions
One is for city expansion. Wilmington cannot
get ahead as it deserves unless the large
population in the suburbs is drawn into the
city and meets its just share of the expenses
of municipal administration, the benefits Of
which it now enjoys without contributing a
penny to the cost.
The other provision is for divorcing city
and county taxation and relieving city tax
payers of the heavy and unWarranted burden
they are now under to support county insti-
tutions. 1t is worth repeating, as previously
told in these columns that Wilmington tax
payers pay so per cent of county taxes, in
addition to the full municipal levy. The ar
rangement is unfair and confiscatory. The
county should be required to pay its own
way, and not lean on the city for its chief
support.
If these reforms are to be put through, as
they should be, it must be done by legislative
enactment. No other way is open. They are
so vital to the communitys future progress
that the greatest care and deepest thought
must be devoted to the selection of the city IS
representative in the legislature. The man
who goes to the next session at Raleigh must
be known for his dependability, his integrity
and his parliamentary skill and must have
committed himself to these matters in ad-
vance. The laundering and laundering in the
last legislature must be prevented next time.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1943-09-19
MEDALS AWARDED
AT JOHNSON FIELD
Captain William c. Sharp.
steen And Lieut.. Hoken-
stad Are Honored

GoLDsBORO, Sept. 10. - Up -
Capt. William c. Sharpsteen, op-
erations officer at Seymour John
son field here, and Private First
Class Virginia Lee Hokenstad of
the Marine Corps Women's Re
serve were awarded medals today
at the local air base by Col. Don
aid B. Smith. commander.
Captain Sharpsteen received the
Distinguished Flying Cross with
oak leaf cluster for bravery in
action in the Solomon Islands.
Private Hokenstad, stationed at
the Marine base at Cherry Point,
received the air medal with oak
leaf cluster in behalf of her hus-
band, First 1t. Theodore Hoken-
stad of the Air Corps, reported
missing in action.
The presentations were made at
review of troops at which some
l60 prominent Goldsboro residents.
headed by Mayor and Mrs. Scott
B. Berkeley. were guests of the
commanding officer.
Capt. Sharpsteen, Is, is native
OF Oakland. Calf, and is a veter-
an of nearly 100 operational flights
over Guadalcanal and has been
credited with shooting down two
Jap planes.
The citation for 1t. Hokenstad
said it was awarded for partici-
patton in five sorties against the
in North Africa" and the
oak leaf cluster for 10 additional
Sorties.