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The Wilmington morning star., 1943-09-03
NEW ORLEANS COTTON

NEW ORLEANS, Sept. 2. H.
Cotton futures closed 10 to 20 cents
a bale lower,
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-09-03
CHORLOTTE SPOT

CHARLOTTE, Sept. 22.-CPl
Spot cotton 20.71.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-09-03

The towhee or swamp robin is
a bird ventriloquist.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-09-03
FOREIGN BONDS

Final bond sales S., 1902, 900
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1943-08-21
LABOR PIONEERS

The absentee rate Of white employees is almost four
times high that of coored employees according to
check on absenteeism aStheFord Instrument Company
subsidiary of the Sperry COMPANY The rate for all
427 and the rate for colored Ito. The overall rate
for males is 1854 but for colored males is TO- The
all for females $50 but for colored females is 45
Any ayoidable absence sto be condemned because of
the pressing demand for the utmost production to speed
victory contrast with favored workers the
ord of faithfuness the job by the coored employees
is highly gratifying. They have set example of de-
pendablity which should help them hold their jobs when
the and also help to keep the doors open for
other applicants for the kind Of work The Ford
instrument Company makes instruments of precision such
bomb sights and automatic pilots for ships and air.
craft. At first the company baked at hiring colored
workers the supposton that colored workers could
not do precision work That skeptcsm if it were only
skeptcism-has been by the records. The
has given coored workers opportunity to be labor
pioneers To surmount obstacles and to prove their worth
obligations both to employers and to other members
of the colored group.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1943-08-21
To Raise IS Billion In
Third War Loan Drive

this state and it is expected to
be the most thorough ever at
tempted. All public financing
for the war is now in the hands
of one group-the War Finance
Committee.
In Massachusetts, the cam
paign will be under the direction
Of Albert P. EvertS a Boston in
vestment banker who is state
chairman of the War Finance
Committee. Daniel j. Doherty
will be executive manager, and
Lucius T. Hill will be executive
vice-chairman.
Thousands of volunteers will
canvass the state. Organization
of local committees will be as
complete in the smallest towns
as in the larger cities.
The money to be raised in
September will all be excluded
from buying the securities sod
to the general public. Every
type of security will be offered,
suitable to the smallest or larg-
est incomes. Emphasis will be
on sales of war bonds to the
average citizen and a wider par
ticipation than ever before in
war financing.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1943-08-21
BLOOD DONATION

Unwilling to accept the insulting conditions of the
American Red Cross which segregaes the blood of coored
donors, number of prominent New Workers will
tribute to the Chinese blood bank which accepts the blood
of all equal termsn the appeal for donations to the
Chinese blood bank there is quotation from Confucuis,
the great Chinese philosopher who lived about 500 years
before the Christian within the four seas all men
are brothers. The appeal goes to say that than
$4,000 years later science proved that he right The
fe-gving element of human bood-the plasma-is iden-
teal in all races"
What Confucus asserted could have been dismissed
by the Western World the vaparng of the heather
Chinee but the concept expressed in the Chris
tan bible: God hath made of blood all nations of
for to dwell all the face of the earth and despite
two thousand years of Christian teaching the brotherhood
of man. has not been accepted by many of the
ponents of Christianity Without a culver modern
Apostles will consgn evdoer to fire and birthstone by
biblical authority but will recoi before skin color. The
American Red Cross refuses to back down from its
scientific position, and it is easy to understand the
barrassment of the New York blood donors How much
harm the American Red Cross policy is doing the blood
bank and how many Ives may be needlessy sacr
feed thereby can equally be understood
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1943-08-21

The Third War Loan drive
to raise $4,000, 600, 900 to fin
ance the war will open on
September 9th and extend
through the balance of the
month. This is the largest
sum any government has ever
attempted to raise in such a
short space of time and is far
in excess of the minimum
quotas set last December and
in April of this year. Despite
the size of the September
quota, the officials of the War
Finance Committee emphasize
that it is a minimum amount
and an attempt will be made
to exceed it.
The Massachusetts, quota will
be announced later. Based on
the population of this state and
statistical information used to
arrive at the quota, the amount
will call for the maximum Of
effort'if the goal is to be reach
ed.
Preliminary plans have been
drafted for the campaign in
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1943-08-21
Prominent Citizen
(Continued from Page One)

Continued from Page One)
vile school teacher; Or. SiIas F.
Taylor, prominent Boston drug
gist and political leader; Mrs.
Natalie Taylor Jacobs, wife of
Rev. F. w. Jacobs, pastor of
Messiah Baptist Church, Bridge
port, Conn.,; DR.. Balcom S. Tay-
Tor, Co-proprietor Of the Lin
coin Pharmacy, Boston; L. D.
Taylor, noted Danville musician.
Two daughters-in-la law, Mrs. Ma
RE Lockwood Taylor and Mrs.
Hazel Scott Taylor; five grand
children, Frazier Shaw Taylor,
Of Boston; Misses Marie Jacobs,
honor student at the Univer-
sity Of Connecticut, Helene ia
cobS, recent graduate Of Ben
nett College, Greensboro, N. c.
and now a student at the At
lanta School of Social Science,
frankie Jacobs, student at
Hampton College, Hampton, Va,
and Taylor Jacobs of Bridge
port, Conn,
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Harlem, Detroit
Investigations
(Continued from Page one)

CONTINUED from Page one)
tant, Mr.. White pointed out the
roots Of the evil and he was
unanimously supported by Bos-
ton NAACP president, Julian D.
Steele, and prominent white and
snoISHsI sul 10 sIspBsI ps1oIoo
field, of labor and other agen-
cies. Notwithstanding these and
other more authoritative find
ings" by men devoting years Of
study to the subject, the Detroit
and Harlem investigators have
blindly ignored the truth. Off
cial "bigwigs" have now been
white-waShed here in the north
Just as one would expect in the
south. The findings" now con-
tend that there we're no reasons
for Colored discomfort in the
riot areas. In the Detroit area,
for example, we are to assume
that housing and recreational
facilities for Colored are excel
lent. We are led to believe that
no blocs Of racial prejudice ex-
ist to promote racial strife; that
there have been no "walk-outS"
when Colored workers were
hired; that the Ku Klux Khan is
dead. and that everything is
fine and serene with the Colored
race. We simply have been I'M
grateful rufians. Force is re-
qui-ed to keep us in our place.
This is the version being sent to
Washington. 1t is not the truth
revealed at Boston Arena!
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1943-08-21
Name Ship
CONTINUED from Page one)

CONTINUED from Page ore)
Roy Harmon, was launched last
month at Quincy, Mass.
Robert Lee Vann, was born at
Ahoskie, N. c., August q, 1879,
and died in Pittsburgh, Pa,
October "a, 1910.
He was one of the founders
and incorporators of The Pitts :
burgh Courier Publishing Com
pany in March, 1910, and served
as editor of the paper and presi-
dent and treasurer of the com
pany until his death.
Under Mr.. Vann's direction,
the Courier became one of the
largest colored newspapers IN
the world with an ABC circula-
ton of over 100000 and readers
in most. English-speaking coun-
tries.
Mr.. Vann in 1918. served
as assistant City Solicitor for
Pittsburgh. In 1924, he was
named by President Coolidge as
a member Of a fiye-man COM
mission to investigate condi-
lions in the Virgin Islands. In
1885, he served as a member of
the Constitutional Convention
of the Commonwealth of Penn
sylvania to revise the state con-
stitution.
Mr.. Vann was also an ardent
disciple of education, and aid
ed many young people to gain
collegiate training. He also made
several large contributions to
Virginia Union University,
where, after his death, the
tower Of the Belgian Pavilion
was presented to Virginia Union
by the Belgian Government and
transported from New York to
Richmond, Va.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1943-08-21
OBITUARY OF
PEARL BELLE JAMES

Mrs. Pearl Belle James
daughter of John and Annie
McPhee, was born in Glasco,
Nova Scotia, March 8, 1889 and
departed this life August II,
1943, She came to Boston when
a young lady having obtained
hep education in the schools at
home. She attended church
regularly and finally decided to
join the 18th Baptist Church
where she was baptiSed by Rev.
w H. Hester. Of late years she
was a constant visitor at the
Columbus Avenue A. M. E. Zoin
Church. On October 10, 1912,
she was joined in Holy Matri-
mony to Mr.. Thurlow Weed
James who survives her. She
was an active member in
Church affairs, of Phyllis
Wheatley Temple No. %, I'M
proved Benevolent Protective
Order of Elks of the World; a
member Nora F. Taylor's Past
Daughter Rulers Council of the
I. B. P. o. E. W.; Veteran of
Foreign Wars Auxiliary; LIST. 1t.
of the Nurses Unit of the Tenn
pie; Vice Chairman of the Arts
& Crafts of the Temple;
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1943-08-21
Pearl James,
CONTINUED from PAGE One)

Continued from Page one)
TO the family. Rev. Henri Burton
made the opening prayer and
read the obituary. MY Task
and Going Home" we're touch
ingly rendered by Fadora Man
ming Taylor. Mrs. Minnie T.
Wright also spoke in eulogy Of
deceased.
Grand Exalted Ruler J. Fin
ley Wilson was unable to secure
reservations on "a plane which
he hoped would bring him to
the church by 2:30 Pm. His let
ter to the bereaved husband and
that of the Grand Daughter
Ruler, Elizabeth Ross Gordon,
read by Rev. Burton, were
among the hundreds of letters,
cards and kilograms from all
over the country received by the
family.
Following the religious cere-
monies, resolutions were read by
representatives of the various
clubs of which deceased was a
member, Including, Phyllis
Wheatley Temple, IBPOEW (Dtr
May Pressy); Board of Direc-
tors, Educational Committee,
Nurses Unit of which deceased
was LIST It., Arts and Crafts of
which she was vice chairman
DAISY Henry and others. Then
the following performed their
rites: P. Wheatley Temple Hill
da Talbot, DIR ruler); Norah F.
Taylor, Past Daughter Rulers
Council; Veterans of For
eign Wars Auxiliary, Gertrude
Brown, president; Marching
Club.
Funeral arrangements we're
in the capable hands of Under
taker E. L. Morrison. Interment
was in Mt. Hope Cemetery,
where the basket was lowered
into sealed vault. The following
members of the P. w. Nurses
Unit, acted as escorts for the
body at church and grave: Capt.
Florence Bell, Blanche Goode,
Lillian Caldwell. Lillian Kicker,
Maude Brown, Maude Ander-
son, Gladys Surrey, Josephine
Taylor, Daisy Henry, Mahala
Austin and Edith Jones.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1943-08-21

without reason. Westbrook Peg
Ter, ex-Gov. Talmadge, Senator
Bilbo, will jump with joy.
There is no reason to become
overly frantic about this situa-
ton. It is something we ex-
pected right along. I don't be-
heve every white man believes
such silly SANDER and we can
look forward to all intelligent
white persons assisting us in ex-
posing the hidden truth.
Meanwhile, there is utterly no
sense in RELOCATING race riots to
so called hoodlums-unless we
consider some hoodlums living
in high places and directing ma
tional policy. Every "hoodlumS
does not live in the slums.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1943-08-21
WE HAVE NOT DIED IN VAlN!"
Radio Column
BY L. F.
Pleasant Hill Baptist Church
Rev. Sam1 Bullock, Pastor


Several new members have
recently been added to the
church at Elm Hill. The Con-
gregation continues to increase
each Sunday and the radio
broadcast as usual is far-reach-
ing. The church is now -four
years old and will celebrate its
fourth anniversary Sept. IL to
10 when there will be a partici-
patton in the program 'ot
events by local pastors, choirs
and congregations.
On Sept. 16 there will be an
anniversary radio concert fea-
turing Mildred Jenkins, the
Celestial Chorus Games Prout,
CONDUCTOR two quartettes,
Royal Lights and Clover Leaf
classics, SEM classics, Spirituals
and hymns, including the Hal
leluyah chorus and the Gloria.
william Rhodes, minister Of
music, will, be in charge of the
program. Ministers and pastors
will participate and other
prominent celebrities will take
an active part
The membership Of this
church now exceeds more than
1000 members.
On Sunday, Sept. Il, baptism
in the newly installed baptisrnal
font will take place, Rev. Bull
ock the pastor, ministering the
rites.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1943-08-21
Competition Or Cooperation =?
BY RUTH TAYLOR

p Cooperation is the safe and
sane way. Had Germany, for
example, spent a small proper
ton of what her war of aggres-
sion cost her in building up her
peace time industries and in ex-
tending her trade, she could
have prospered far beyond her
widest dreams Of conquest.
Had Italy devoted herself to
peaceful colonization, she could
have extended the Roman En-
pire beyond the ambitions Of
any Caesar-but she chose to
spend her money in the parade
trappings of war. Had Japan
played fair in her treatment of
China, the japanese would not
now be among the moral out
casts Of the nations.
All that was needed was that
they cooperate-not indulge in
undertaking, land grabbing,
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1943-08-21
CHURCH
FIRST AFRICAN METHODIST
EPISCOPAL SOCIETY
(Old Charles st. A.M.E. church,

FIRST AFRICAN METHODIST
EPISCOPAL SOCIETY
(Old Charles st. A.M,E. church,
Warren St., at Elm Hill Ave.
Oliver W. Il Childers, Pastor
Sunday Services, Aug. ~
The church will observe the
first quarterly meeting of the
Conference Year.
At 1890 A. M, the Gospel
Choir will provide the music
and Rev. John G, Drake of
Hartford, Conn, presiding elder
of New England will preach.
At $3.50 P. M. the Deacos1ness
Board, Mrs. Airline Wilson, pres
ident, will present fine pro-
gram of excellent music and
fine speaking
At 1880 p. M. the pastor will
preach and the Gospel Choir
will sing.
The Pastor and Rev. N. H.
Jeltz of Meridian, Miss, attend
ed the Ashram of E. Stanley
Jones, great evangelist, at Cen
eva Camp. New Hampshire and
report a helpful meeting and
restful vacation.
Mrs. Charlotte Jackson and
Mrs. Ruth Morris represented
the church at the District Con-
ference and Sunday School Con-
vention at Greenwich, Conn.
Every Sunday during the
summer large numbers of yaca-
tionists have attended the ser
vices of this church.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1943-08-21
HARLEM RIOT;
THE OTHER SIDE
BY DLLoREs CALVIN

NEW YORK (C)-False ru-
mors have always been known
to develop nto the biggest, most
distorted tales imaginable. His
tory repeated itself, as in 1885,
when a rumor started a riot,
and in 1943, it was done again.
It's quite unfortunate that the
explanations of the two princi-
pal men who caused the Harlem
riot, don't agree. One is the
word of the white policeman,
Patrolman James Collins, and
the other, the story of the col
ored soldier, Pvt. Robert Bandy,
MP.
It's the cop who says that he
was doing his duty arreSting a
disorderly, colored woman when
this soldier interfered to take
he side. He. hit him pretty hard
with his nightstick and Collins,
in defense, fired the shot which
caused the good people of Har-
lem" to abandon their good
name.
On the other hand, Pvt. Ban
dy'S spokesman, Assistant Dis
trict Attorney Francis E. Rivers,
claims that the real story never
got through. According to him,
Bandy was in the lobby Of the
Braddock checking out with his
mother and girlfriend, Doris
Jackson, who is unmentioned in
all reports. TWO women and
three men were requesting a re-
fund and received all but one
dollar for which they were told
they had to wait until the ele-
vator operator came down. One
of the women, Margie Polite, be-
came disorderly and the cop
was called. He pushed her.
Bandy remarked "You would
not do that to one of your
group" The fight started be-
tween the two. There was the
nightstick blow and the shot.
Then the rumors spread that a
white cop had killed a colored
soldier.
1t took years to build Harlem,
one night to tear it dogn.
Our Mayor tells us that hood
lums and criminals reigned
through the city, tearing up
Harlem, destroying all private
property and damaging some
establishments almost beyond
repair. But the riot was the ex-
plosion of a terse feeling against
racial discrimination in every
sort of way in New York.
For years, colored business has
been banned from the main
street of the colored section,
125th, For years., the white and
Jewish store owners banded to-
gether in the 125th Street Mer-
chants Association and Uptown
Chamber of Commerce for the
role purpose of killing all ideas
Of colored businesses with shop
windows in the shopping dis
trict. There was a time when
even colored were refused the
second floors for offices. 1t Is in
deed a pitiful shame that Har-
lem, in a northern city like New
York and in these modern times
is so backward on the subject of
colored merchants.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1943-08-21

Facts are. realities or truthful versions
DeeProoted and more lasting than Perversionsi
They justify ones sense of satisfaction,
Regardless how unpleasant the reaction.
Distorted fact deceves and slows down improvement
Time marches on and so should every movements
The truths which have survived down thru the ages
Were unadulterated by the sages.
Facts are not harsh to those who face them squarey
Rather they compensate when dealt with fairly;
Those who unwiseIy daringIy conceal them
Live to regret and wish that they'd revealed Them
For. consequences are not incidental,
They're the result Of action rude or gentle;
They shaped the moral fabric Of nation
And strengthen or diminish its foundation.
& Copyright 1s43 by st. C. Kron
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1943-08-21

theft, murder and all the other
gangster methods of cut-throat
competition.
1t is easy to condemn this
action on the part of a nation
but to be practical we must
bring it down to our own lives.
Do we cooperate or compete?
Are we working with our neigh
bors or do we try to get ahead
of them by shrewd and some
times unscrupulous methods?
Do we want advantages for our
selves alone or for all people
Do we give an honest dollars
worth of work for every dollar
received?
We need to work for living,
not for a boss. We need TO
think of our work in terms Of
what it will accomplish, not as
so many hours taken from our
lives.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1943-08-21
Are Getting Nowhere

The "bigwigs' Of every riot
area from Los Angeles to Har-
lem have now been cleared. Mr..
Dies, investigating "Un-Ameri-
can activities" has now been
satisfied that Colored people
were responsible for all the
rumpus. The Congress will be
told of these findings" in the
next meeting. History will re-
cord the Colored man of 1913 as
being a major trouble maker
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1943-08-21

Chairman of Trustees of the
Board of Directors of Phyllis
Wheatley Deed of Trust; Past
District Deputy, having served
this office for a number OF
years; a very active member in
many Charitable, Civic and So
cial Clubs, where she will be
greatly missed. She leaves to
mourn her loss a devoted hus-
band, Thurlow w. James; two
sisters, Mrs. Viola Ash OF
Springhill, Nova Scotia, who
has been here with her sister,
and Mrs. Mildred Bryant. of
Boston; son, Henry James and
daughter, Pearl B James; a
sister by choice, Miss Ellen H.
Williams; a very close friend;
Mrs. Agnes Mcclure and a host
Of relatives and friends.
I'd like to think when Life is
done
That I had filled a needed
post,
That here and there I'd paid
my fare
With more than idle talk and
boast;
That I had taken gifts divine,
The breath of Life and man
hood fine,
And tried to use them now and
then
In service for my fellow men.
I'd hate to think when life is
through
That I had lived my round of
years
A useless kind, that leaves be-
hind
No record in this vale Of tears;
That l had wasted all my days
BY treading only selfish ways,
And that this world would be
the same
If it had never known my
name.
I'd like to think that here and
there,
When I am gone, there shall
remain
A happier spot that might have
not
Existed had 7 toiled for gain;
That some ones CHEEKY voice
and smile
Shall prove that I had been
worth while;
That I had paid with something
fine
My debt to God for Life de-
vine.
THE FAMILY
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sarsaa q Puhne Rsl.tlon. .. 5. Va psp.rtm.n,

Of aionsU War Department
FIRST TELEPHOTO PICTURES FROM SOUTHWEST PACIFIC
This photo the first to be reayed from the u
Signal Corps Radoephoto station just up Southwest
Pacific Area This radphoo ooup viii give the American
public the daybyday
the Pacific they have had from the Mediterranean
minutes the time required send photograph accompany
ing caption from the Signal Corps Radoeephoo in
Southwest Pacific to the receiving station Washington
caption follows:
signal Corps Pboto-Juy 25-BishOp Andrew Gregg
Head of the African Methodist Church United
States who making visit of Army units
area ondes the Koa bear adopted by PFC Sammy Hurt
Norfolk Virginia, of Army Ordnance Unit
With him trght Major hapan) John A. Deyeaux Jackson
vile, Florida"
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1943-08-21
The Poets Corner


The following Krtons the biased
the Detroit unfair that
was inspired by leaders and the colored press.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1943-08-21
CARD OF THANKS

CARD OF THANKS
The family of the late Mrs.
Pearl B. James wish to express
to many friends and organiza-
tons their heartfelt thanks and
appreciation for sympathy, flor
al tributes and assistance in
their recent bereavement.
THURLOW w. JAMES, hus-
band; MRS. VIOLA ASH, MRS.
MILDRED BRYANT, sisters;
HENRY JAMES, son; PEARL B.
JAMES, daughter.
Evening star., 1943-04-05
Columbian Women
To Be Entertained
At Tea Tomorrow

The Columbian Women of George
Washington University will be en-
tertained at tea from 430 to $50
pm. tomorrow by Mrs Cloyd Heck
Marvin at her home, 2601 Thirtieth
street NV.
Following brief business meet
Ing, Dr. Marvin, president of George
Washington University, will speak
and the hostess will present a group
of songs.
Mrs. Watson Eldridge, president
Of the Columbian Women, and Mrs
Frank Edgington, hospitality chair
man, will receive with Mrs. Marvin
New members will be greeted by
Miss Ruby Nevins, membership
chairman. and Miss Alice Hutchins
Drake, first vice president. Mrs.
Joshua Evans. Mrs. w. C. Van
VlecN Mrs. Elmer Louis Kayser and
Miss Elizabeth Peet will pour tea.
At the May meeting of the or
eanization, past president, Mrs.
Herbert Fillebrown of Daytona
Beach, Fla, formerly Miss Sara
Lerch, will be guest of honor. Elec-
tlon of officers will be held at the
same meeting.
Plans for a program next year
In observance of the 50th anniver-
sary of Columbian Women, already
are being made by committee
composed of Miss Drake, Miss Helen
Harper Miss Harriet Garrels, Miss
Agnes Garrels, Miss Margaret Pep
per and Miss Ruby Nevins. A brief
history of the organization is being
written by Miss Drake, Mrs. Edging-
ton and Miss Nevins. A historical
pageant also will be featured.