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The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1943-12-09
ARMY ENGINEER
EMPLOYEES CITED
,t7 Civilian Workers Are
Presented Awards By
War Department

~ award of Official War De-
4,,ent civilien service emblems
pa. ~ =; employees Of the Wilmington
" s;noer District was made by
Lno ,4 Col !. 7. Knight, Jr., dis
D ~. engineer. at exercises held
- ,.osdav afternoon in the U. S.
W. courtroom. 10 the custom
house ,1;o,. ooronoendea A.
.:'-;Iisn employees OF their faithful
cNi- .;oo for six months or more in
s1snIf Of the war effort. He then
psn oonted emh:eirls TO j. E. McCar-
ple ond Miss Helen E. Gaida, who
y o o diem on behsl1 of the men
s a',d women employees OF the organ
s !rD+;o n Awards to the other en-
p lJr we're then made
o+her eligible employees, who
S 0 vnable to atten1 the exercises
h Se OIL rress of duties, will re-
ceive the awards by special l.. letter:
'' T ], Hewitt, executive officer Of
4be wilmington district office, act
a s.i' as master Of ceremonies. The
~ Folrth band from Fort Fisher fur
ashsd martial and other special
music. ~ -
.,o form Of lapel ribbons suitable
NV wear on the coat CT dress, and
.,,;ll hear the colors and insignia
" the Army Service Force, which
u issuing The citation Regulations
,il for the ribbon insignia to be
~worn ether on the left breast
,bo,4 four inches below the middle
mint Of the shoulders. or on the
io4 Ianel Of any other garment"
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1943-12-09
JEWS REMOVED

BARCELONA, Dec. 8. - (P -
The French press published today
dispatch from Rome saying H.
600 Jews were removed from Rome
in 12-hour period under orders
from the German-puppet "republl-
can fascist government calling for
the custer of all Jews.
Twenty thousand rooms thus
were made available. the dispatch
said. 1t die not say where the Ital-
ian Jews were sent but border re-
ports indicated they were enroute
to German labor camps in Poland.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1943-12-09
YOU CAN'T
BUY ASPIRIN

that can do more for you, so why
ever pay more. Always ask for genuine,
rure st. Joseph Aspirin. First choice
q millions at first warning of common
headache, muscular aches and pains,
colds painful misery and many pains
oinorganic origin. St. Joseph Aspirin
i as pure as money can buy-meets
every requirement of the United
States Pharmacopeia. There's none
faster and none more dependable.
Judged as your doctor judges aspirin
lIneally-nothing in the entire field
d aspirin can offer you any more in
pIn relieving help than st. Joseph
Aspirin. No wonder it's the worlds
hrgeaaler at l0c. SO tablets Zoe, 100
tablets only 35c. Refuse substitutes.
Cstgenune, pure St. Joseph Aspirin.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1943-12-09
FINLAND TO PAY

WASHINGTON, Dec. 8-lR-Ihe
Treasurer said today Finland had
arranged to pay on December Is
an installment of $233,915 on its
debt to this country arising out
OF the First World War. It owes
the United States approximately
So, 900, 900.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1943-12-09
SALES DECREASE

NEW YORK, Dec. 8-R-The
J. c. Penny Co., chain of re-
tail stores, today reported a de-
crease of SO percent in Novem-
Der sales this year to $46,515, 634
compared with $40, 448.013 for the
1912 month. Sales for the first II
of 1913 increased 5 PEI
cent to 1929, 350,013 against $780,
974.815 last year.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1943-12-09
To Relieve Itching
Due To Scabies

Relief from itch, or that condi-
ton known as scabies, scratches,
camp itch or 7-year itch, is quick
ly had with "David's Sanative
WASH" a liquid sulphur solution
which destroys those itch germs
which it contacts. thus easing that
fiery. tormenting itching. Coo at
any druggist or postpaid direct.
Money back if not relieved. Owens
& Minor, Richmond. Va. (AdvD.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1943-12-09

cent tax on International tele-
graph, radio and cable charges.
All the increases will be can
celled six months after the end of
the war, it was provided by both
the House and the Senate com.
mittee.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1943-12-09
SQUIRREL MASCOT
IN THE DOLLHOUSE

CAMP VAN DORM, Miss. OR)-
The model mascot of the 718th
field artillery battalion is in the
doghouse-or, more properly, the
squirrel house.
Title, six-weeks-old fox squirrel
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1943-12-09
BUTTER AN EGGS

CHICAGO, Deco. 8-(RAButter,
firm; Receipts 1898; market I'M
changed.
Eggs, unsettled; Receipts TO-
al; Market unchanged.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1943-12-09
RALEIGH HOGS

Raleigh Dec. 8-(RHCNCDA)-
ROCKY Mount hog market steady,
top OF 1885: Richmond market
closed for clearance.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1943-12-09
HOLIDAY

NEW BERN, Dec. 8.-New Bern
merchants have voted a three-day
weekend holiday for Christmas.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1943-12-09
NEW ORLEANS COTTON
N. c. POULTRY

Raleigh Dec. 8-lR-NCDA)-
largeEgg and poultry markets
stady.
Raleigh U. S. grade A large
81: hens, all weights, % to %.
Washington - U. S. grade A
large 50; broilers and fryers %
IL to 30.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1943-12-09
How To Relieve
Bronchitis

Creomulsion relieves promptly be.
cause it goes right to the seat of the
trouble to help loosen and expel
germ laden phlegm, and aid nature
to soothe and heal raw, tender, in
famed bronchial mucous men,
branes. Tell your druggist to sell you
a bottle of Creomulsion with the I'M
derstanding you must like the way it
quickly allays the cough or you are.
To houa 1no1Ir 1,nnra1r hack
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1943-12-09
NEW YORK COTTON

NEW YORK, Dec. 8. - Up -
The cotton market gained a few
points briefly at the opening today
and then moved generally down.
ward as renewed nervousness over
the war brought reaction to Tues
days sharp rally.
Traders paid particular attention
to the tension in the Balkan stu
alton which appeared to oversha-
dow the growing strength of the
anti-subsidy forces in Congress. AL
though the trade had expected a
small decline in the governments
final cotton crop forecast, the re-
port which was higher than the
Nov. estimate had no effect on
the market.
Open High Low Last
Dec - 1915 1915 1919 1914 off IA
Mich 1910 1915 1890 1888 off 8
May 1921 1925 1912 1914 off 9
Jly - 1901 1906 1889 1891 off II
Jly New
1880 1884 1857 1870 off II
Middling spot 2.18n. off 10.
n-Nominal.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1943-12-09
CHARLOTTE SPOT

CHARLOTTE, Dec. 8-tR-Spot
cotton 1895.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1943-12-09

The average depth of the ocean
below sea level IS 2,450 #.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1943-04-09
Credjafawn to
Sponsor Forum
Meeting Apr. II

The regular bi-monthly forum Of
the Halle Q. Brown House will be
presented by the Credjafawn So
cial Club, Inc, on Sunday after
noon, April II, at 4 o'clock.
The speaker will be Mr.. E. T.
Randall, pastor of the radio pro-
gram Country Church Of the Air.
on Who'll every Sunday morning.
Mr.. Randall is also affiliated with
WCCO, as well as the pastor Of a
church in Hopkins, Minnesota.
Other speakers will be Mrs.
Beatrice Coleman and Mr.. B. F.
Henderson, who will introduce the
principal speaker. Mr.. John Law
renee, program chairman, will pre-
side.
Plans have been made to have
very entertaining musical numbers
on the program. The Credjafawn
Service Flag dedicated recently at
the Annual Parents Banquet, will
be displayed to the public for the
first time.
Ushers for the meeting will in
clude the following members: Mes
DANES Jane Lee, Ruth Benner, Eula
Taylor and Theresa Herring.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1943-04-09
Holy Week
Services for
Abr. 13-14-15-16

The st. Paul Interdenominational
Ministerial Alliance will sponsor
union pre-Holy Week services four
nights next week. The first serv-
ice will be held Tuesday, April 10,
in the Apostolic Faith Mission, 18th
and Minnesota, with Rev. S. E.
Ware of the Pilgrim Baptist
Church, preaching. Wednesday the
service will be held in the St.
James A. M. E. Church, Dale and
Central, with Rev. John A. Nelson
of the Apostolic Faith Church,
preaching. Rev. B. N. Moore of
the st. James A. M. E. Church will
preach Thursday at the Camphor
Memorial Methodist Church, 585
Fuller Avenue. Friday night, April
16, the service will be held in the
Pilgrim Baptist Church, Grotto and
Central, with Rev. C. T. R. Nelson
of the Pilgrim Baptist Church,
preaching. These services will be-
gin with a praise and testimony
meeting at 1880 p. m, each eve
ming.
The union three-hour Good Fri
day service, sponsored by the ALI
ance, will be held at the st. James
Church Friday, April 20, from IL
until 8 p. m. The members of the
Alliance will cooperate in the Holy
Week services under the auspices
of the Mt. Olivet Baptist Church
in that church.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1943-04-09
PREFERRED
MERCHANTS
FIVE STAR FIRMS

This newspaper considers its ad-
vertisers five star firms which ap-
preciate and solicit the patronage
and support of readers Of this
paper.
Ames Lodge, DR.. Banks, Bar
ney's Cafe, DR.. Barr, W. Sidney
Beane, Bells Cafe, Boutell Furni-
ture Co., Commonwealth Loan,
Cooks Liquor, Milk Dealers,
Dreamland Cafe, Family Loan,
Corners, Great Northern Mkt,
Hussys Hat Shop, Jim & Doyles,
Karlsbrau Beer, Al Knutsen Meats,
Kol R. Co., Liberty Cleaners, Lie
mandts, Lincoln Drug, Metropoli-
tan Florists, Mill City Laundry,
Mpls. Artificial Limb, Mpls. Brew
ing, Mpls. Savings & Loan, Mpls.
Supply, National Beauty Supply,
New Haven Mems Shop, Nicollet
Cleaners, N. W. Natl. Bank, Perry's
Watch Hospital, Plymouth Liquor,
Prosperity Cleaners, Purity Drug,
Maurice L. Rothschilds, st. James
A. M. E. Church, st. Thomas Epis-
copal, Scandal Coal, Serville Hotel,
South Of the Border, Stillman Food
Stores, goth Century Mkt, Wood
ard Funeral Home and Zinsmaster
Baking.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1943-04-09
Halle @. Brown
Branch Library
Open to Public

Monday, April 5, marked the
opening of the Halle Q. Brown cir
culating library station under the
supervision of Mrs. Loehr, director
of the branch department of the
city library.
Books will be available for chill
dren and adults. Literature per-
tanning to various phases Of Ne
gro life, others written by and
about Negroes, will be one of the
main features of the library. Books
for children ranging from simple
picture books to the more mature
solid reading of high school stu
dents will be found on the shelves.
Students will find a variety of ref
erence works at their disposal. Re-
quests for books not yet on the
shelves will be filed from the main
library.
Holders Of city library cards may
use the same cards at the Halle
branch. Cards will be issued each
Monday from / to p. m. and
Thursdays from 1 to 5 p. m. to
those without cards. A librarian
will be in attendance on those days
to take charge Of the circulation of
books.
Misses Elizabeth McCracken and
Elizabeth Moore prepared the book
lists and set up the library with
the assistance of Mrs. Loehr and
Mrs. Frances Hughes who had
years of experience with the Chi
cago, H., library system before
coming to st. Paul.
Individuals or clubs wishing to
make gifts of books, appropriate
for library use, may contact Mrs.
Hughes for gift suggestions. A
gift plate bearing the donors name
will be placed in each book given
to the station.
Open house, sponsored by the IL
brary committee, will be held April
16 when the library and its facili-
ties will be officially presented to
the public. A program is being
planned. Tea will be served.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1943-04-09
Mrs. Anna c. Comp
Found Dead In Bathroom

Mrs. Anna C. Camp, 6S2 Iglehart
avenue, was found dead in the
bathroom Of her home, Sunday,
April 4, at 2:30 p. m. when police
broke into the house at the request
Of neighbors. Apparently she died
Saturday evening while preparing
for bed.
Mrs. Harriet Smith, a neighbor,
was returning from church Sunday
and knocked at Mrs. Camps door.
Not being able to arouse anyone
and noticing that the shades were
down, she went over to the home
of Mrs. Josie Williams, 675 lyle
hart avenue, who called the police.
Mrs. Camp has been in i'll health
for the past two years. She spent
the first part Of the winter with
relatives in Des Moines, Iowa, re-
turning to her home here about the
first of December.
Born in Charlottesville, Virginia,
she moved to Muchakinock, Iowa,
with her parents while still a small
child She received her elementary
and high school education there
and moved to Des Mines, Iowa,
where she completed a course in
music at Drake University.
For several years she travelled
with concert groups in this coun-
try and in Mexico and taught in
the public school system in Peoria,
Illinois. In Illinois, she met and
married the late Rev. George W.
Camp in 1912.
Mrs. Camp came to st. Paul as a
bride and for twenty-five years
with her husband worked in the
Presbyterian Church. They started
with a mission on Western and
Aurora avenues. From 1875,
Zion Presbyterian Church on West
ern and st. Anthony avenues, the
parsonage next door, and Welcome
Hall were erected. Today Welcome
Hall community center is still
meeting a real need in the commu.
nifty.
Funeral services were held
Thursday, April 8, at Camphol
M. E. Church, with Rev. Clarence
T. R. Nelson officiating, assisted by
the ministers of the St. Paul Pres
byteria. Mrs. C. B. Wheeler and
Mrs. Cora Esther Moore were the
soloists. Interment was in Oak.
land cemetery.
Survivors include a brother, Ser.
geant Jewett, Des Moines, Iowa
niece, Gertrude Brown, De:
Moines, Iowa, and other relatives.
Arrangements made by Brooks
Funeral Home, 697 Rondo avenue
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1943-04-09

sometimes fish, though fishing has
been restricted drastically by the
French Navy to prevent escapes
from the islands.
field School.
The U. S. food blockade for
which, according to travellers, the
Negroes blame Adm. Robert, not
the Americans-is stimulating the
symptoms of rebellion. Seeing no
indication that Adm. Robert in
tends to give in to the State Dept,
the native blacks are said to be pre-
pairing an uprising designed to pro-
duce such widespread disorder that
U. S. forces will move in "to re-
store law and order"
Success of such revolt, it is said,
would be entirely dependent on the
quick arrival Of American troops.
The Negroes are not armed we'll
enough to do the job alone.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1943-04-09

at the behest of a prejudiced en-
ployer who refused to hire avail
able Negro labor could then order
10000 Negro workers to pick cot
ton though they possessed the
skills to work in industry.
"This bill gives an employer the
right to reject a batch of drafted
labor without assigning any reason
for doing so and then permits him
to call on the United States Gov
eminent to provide more patches
from which he can choose those he
wishes to employ. The worker
would not have even the protection
provided by the Civil Service where
the employer has to choose from
the top three on the list. In short,
omnipotent controls are placed in
his hands to compel servitude with
out the correlative obligation to
protect the servitor."
Asked at this point by Senator
Austin, Republican of Vermont, if
the insertion into the bill of re-
quirement that workers would have
to be selected without regard to
race or color for assignment to war
industries, would meet Mr.. Whites
objections, White said that such an
inclusion would strengthen the bill.
White, citing the deplorable
treatment of Negro soldiers in the
South, argued, "even with ample
laws on the statute books, the fed
eral government has failed to pro-
tect the Negro from intimidation,
coercion and abuse while he is theo-
retically unfettered and free.
what can be the prospect for
covered domestic, agricultural, in
dustrial, and defense workers living
in the South and faced with COM
pulsory service legislation which in
most instances will be nothing less
than government approved peon-
age ?" White asked. "What chance
would a qualified Negro machinist
living in Mississippi have if he ap-
pealed the decision of his draft
board denying his application to
go to Detroit to work in an air
plane factory when such board had
previously classified him to work
as a common field hand? I believe
the answer is obvious.
"The Association feels" White
concluded, "that compulsion will
not eliminate the confusion in the
manpower problem for it is but a
part Of a bigger problem which
constituted authority is unwilling
to tackle. Compulsory service
legislation as represented by the
Austin Wadsworth bill, would de-
stroy the foundation of freedom in
America and open the door to I'M
restrained intimidation, coercion
and abject subjugation of minority
groups in America. We are ire
vocably opposed to this legisla-
ton"
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1943-04-09
Why Don't You Do Right?

coored people fed with the lot Of other cood
mad enough talk of organizing anes
dency and duty into rowd careless heons
who all daknned people bad Of course they won't
undemocrac (ut unAmecan practice but it's proof
they pretty
white workers act the but that's not the
point Weldon Johnson we'll sad We compelled to do
only well anybody have to set precedent for
consenusne eadness and willingness that other workers find
hard and impossible excel We cannot yield tempa
having good time with having good job We under
necessity breaking down the old stereotype that workers
shess unreliable and incapable" In other words stick to
knittn ktten-Charey Cherokee in the Chicago Defender
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1943-04-09
Leroy A. Bell
Enters Cavalry
Officers School

Leroy A. Bell, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Arthur J. Bell, 1929 9Th St.
South, Minneapolis, Mimi, station
ed at Cavalry Replacement Train
ing Center, has recently been pro-
NOTED to corporal and selected to
attend Cavalry Officers Candidate
School at Fit Riley.
Prior to his entry into the army
last June, Cpl. Bell was a doorman
at Young and Quinlan in Mime
apolis. He is a graduate of South
high.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1943-04-09
Howard Coleman Is Dead

Howard Coleman, 667 Rondo ave-
nue., so years old, died Friday,
April 2, at the U. S. Veterans Hos
pital where he had been i'll for sew
eral months.
Funeral services were held We'd
nesday, April z, with Chaplain
Spry of Fl. Smelling and Rev. S. E.
Ware of Pilgrim Baptist Church.
He was a member of the Amer
lean Legion, having served in the
first World War. Military rites at
Fl. Smelling completed the cere-
mony.
He is survived by a wife, Leona,
and several brothers and sisters.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1943-04-09

Sorority and supplemented the tes'
timony of Mr.. White.
The bill provides that the Presi.
dent through the Chairman of Wal
White pointed out that the bill is
based on a false assumption, fol
there still exists a huge reservoir Of
voluntary man and womanpowel
which has not yet been utilized be-
cause of racial prejudice. He cited
the bills failure to compel employ
ers to accept all workers who vol
unteer or are drafted regardless Of
the workers race or color as one OF
its most glaring faults. White add
ed that the bill contains no ade-
quate safeguards to protect work
ers from arbitrary action by en-
ployers or local draft boards.
Charles H. Houston, attorney
spoke for the National Non-Parti-
san Council of Alpha Kappa Alpha
Manpower Commission, may issue
a call for volunteers specifying the
number Of persons required with
their qualifications and the places
where their work would be per
formed. "But," said White, at Gre
ates no obligation on the employer
to accept such volunteers.
"The underlying assumption OF
$685." continued White, "is that
workers are not volunteering for
service in war industries and must
therefore be drafted. This assump-
ton is belied by the facts. There is
already a vast reservoir of Negro
man and womanpower today beg
ging for employment at their prop
er skills and levels, but to whom
the doors are tightly closed and
bolted.
an a recent War Manpower
Commission estimate there are still
100000 Negroes who are outright
unemployed. There are 100000
farmhands working on cotton crops
when we have two years supply
on hand. According to John Beech
er, former regional representative
of the F. E. P. c., there are e.
100000 seasonal farm workers
whose services could be entirely
utilized to meet manpower needs.
eve are also opposed to this leg
islation," White declared, because
it contains no safeguards to pro-
tect the worker against arbitrary
action on the part of employers OF
local draft boards. This bill is
entirely silent on the obligation Of
an employer not to discriminate
on account of race, creed, or color,
to properly assign and upgrade en-
ployees, to use safety appliances
and to establish reasonable wage,
hour and health regulations.
"The bill requires compulsory
service but does not guarantee en-
ployment. For example, under
S.666, 10000 white workers could
be drafted and transferred to a
southern community even though
there were already present there
10000 Negroes capable of filling
the job. A prejudiced draft board
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1943-04-09
More Local
Men Report to
Fort Smelling

Among the Twin City men who
will report to Fort Smelling Fri
day, April 8, for induction into the
United States Army, are: Mime
apois, Scott Tyler, Ralph Barbee,
Carl Green, Charles Beasley, Joe
Lester, Ora Parks, Jacob Primm,
Wilbur Thompson, Lloyd Bryant,
Leon Brown, James Mady and Will
liam Joseph, Jr. st. Paul, James
Edwards, Lewis Mills, Ebert Cot
ton, Elmer Woods, Floyd Gamble,
Arnold Ingerson, Roy Coleman,
Lawrence James, Edward Whitak-
er, Orville Anderson, Rosco Hutch
inson, Robert Power and Franklin
Jones.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1943-04-09
st. Paul Ells Rest
Drows Big Crowds
ut Sunday Dinners

The st. Paul Elks' Rest, 58s
Rondo avenue, which is now doing
business daily, were greeted last
Sunday with a large crowd Of din
ner patrons who apparently en-
joyed the deliciously cooked spe-
cial dinners.
Beginning Monday Of next week,
the Rest will serve regular meals
daily. Another one of their new
features is the special Saturday
morning breakfast being served to
&C" shift workers, beginning at 8
a. m. on Saturday mornings.
The best cooks serving the best
fod obtainable is the aim of the
management. See their ad else
where in this issue.