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Arkansas State press., 1943-03-26
z Texans Convicted Under Slavery Statute
PLAIN TALK:
Is, Elmer A. Garter

The Florida fruit and vegetable
growers want to import Is 900 Ne
grees from the Bahama Islands to
work on their plantations. There
arc a Hundred thousand lmemnloy-
ed dislnherited black and white
shareeroppers in the south ANXIOUS
TO work in Florida or anywhere
else
Il Gre would think thaE tie Fl ri
ia growers would use the southern
shareeioppers to plant a d harvest
Their crops. The Southern Tenant
Farmers Union With membersh,n
- 10000 sharecroprefs Of both
races can supply the Florida grow
ers with ratiye born Americans
who lived all OF their lives IN the
south. They offered to send these
men to Florida, but the FLORIDA
growers did not want them heeausc
the Tenant Farmers Union insist
I'd that they would lave to taae
both eolored ard white togethAr.
The Florida growers wanted only
colofed men to work IN their plan
tatlens and refus, d to accept mixed
groups. They didn't want waite
men. Why? Is it because ahitc
men are not good workers. No.
Is it because they would nave 10
Arkansas State press., 1943-03-26
With The
COLORS
CAMP JOSEPH 7. ROBINSON

You have been whiting to know
whats eeen happening in F. Com
pany. So here you sre.
Sgt, ALERT Tornado left thi:
week for his home in Los Angeles
on ten day fullouah accompanied
by Mrs. Tornado. Sgt. Goldsmith is
home oil his fu1loueh SO lets hope
they have plenty fun.
Cpl. A. Simps m Of the weapons
platoon said his fellows are rsal-
ly on the ball. Doing their hfst.
they are making good on all pro-
lens.
Something | almost forgot
to tell you, the hopping ard
hmping is almost over in Co.
E,now that the Is mile hike
is something in the past, we
are all working like soldiers
again. Sgt. McFarlin and Cpl.
Joe Ed. Burris left Thursday
for Atterbury, Ind. to parti-
cipate in the boxing tourna-
mcnt. Good luck fellows.
Pic. Fred Wilson Henacr-
son is now Cpl. 5th., also Cpl.
Robert Prichett is now Il Sgt.
and Cpl. Melvin Glaspie is
Communication Sgt. Now.
We are all glad to have Pfc.
Harrison Anthony well and
back with the Co. after sew
eral weeks illness.
So long fellows, more news
next week.
Arkansas State press., 1943-03-26
MITCHELL GETS
FEDERAL.
APPOINTMENT

Secretary Of Agriculture Claude
r. Wckard announced this weok
the appointment Of John W. Nit
chcll, Negro state seent for Exten-
sion Service in North Carolina. as
Federal Extension field agent sue
cecding thc lac John B. Pierce.
II bis new position, M. Nit
cEell viii have the respot sib,lity
of adylsing with Siatc tctenfon
directors, and Negro county a.
gents in upper Southern states. He
will have his headquarters at
Hampton, Va, and is to take up
his duties on April 1st.
Rounding out 20 years in Aqi-
cultural Extension of North Card
lima during Ii OF which he was dis
lrict and stste agent, Nj. Mitchell
has set n unQilc record. Under his
supervision, Negro extension work
in North Carolina has developed
AMI CT largcd until IL now leads all
See MIICHELL---psge two
Arkansas State press., 1943-03-26

He is from the inspector Gen
erals Office and was very
high in his praise for the
work being cone at Camp Joe
7. Robinson and praised the
local citizens for the Cope
ration given the soldiers sta
toned here.
Thursday night, Gen. Davis
was entertained at a banquet
given at the Phyllis Wheatlcy
Y sponsored by the USO, as
sisted by a group of local
businessmen.
Arkansas State press., 1943-03-26
ALTEMEYFR
is NOT owl
OFFICIAL SAYS
Ell MER DAVIS

WASHlNGTON-.E | m e I
Davis. Office of War Tnfol
nation chief, told the NAACI
this week that Social Securi
tv Board chairman A. J. Al
tcmeyer recently charged
with threatening to supply
Jim crow policies to federal
employees is not also an of
fetal in the o. w !.
In story sent out last week by
the NAACP condcmning Ate
meyer for his promise to carly out
tho request of Congressman N. G.
Taryor, Of Georgia, to scgregate
Negro clericals at the Social Sc
curity Board Altcmevor was nlso
identifies rs an owl evcu tive,
(Atcmeycr is l.etct IS a. cxecu-
tive director Of the owl or page
3ll Of the Official 1913 Corqres-
slooal Directory
Da,is In A Letter To The NAArr
Sad:
IVY attention has been called
tc a March s news story release
captl9ned owl and Security
Board Head Promises to How to
Jim Crow in nc Employment
"Hhis story" said Davis. allcg-
edly reports tn testimony OF 4. J.
AItemeyer, Social Security Board
See DAVIS----.pagc two
Arkansas State press., 1943-03-26

VII. a'ter round as caored
men and when they work toaethe,,
the same standard If treatment
must be applied to both.
And so the Florida growers do
not want the American shsreerop
pers. They want Bahamans, half
hungry, undergrad, mderfcd do
clio workers. They Want cheap la.
Dor which was the reason fo, the
establishment Of The reason for tho
in America and is responsible for
the perpetuation Of widespread
poverty and pttold misery in the
south.
The groves in the southwest
wanted to import Mexican cheap,
with little or no rcgal / for the con
ditions under which they lived and
worked, conditions which have been
revealed SIS shocking in their viola
tion Of all standards Of deecncy.
But the Mexirarf government Fstep-
ped in ard dem;nded certain guar
antees for its citizens who were to
be imported to work in America.
The Mexican government demanded
a minimum wage, and certain
standards Of housing and decent
working conditions.
Will the British government do
as murh for thc Bahamane7
Will the British government in
form the American government
that it will consent to to the inn
portatian Of British subjects only
on condition that they receive y
minimum wage fer q :isd No.
Vt hours Of work, decent housing
and sanitary living conditions.
Surely the British government
should Re willing to do rs much for
their subjects Of the Bahama Is.
land rs the Mexican government
has done for its citizens.
But before Ills aspect Of the
situation reached the discussions
stage it is imperative that the
| Secretary Of Agriculture and he
Congress of the United states ex-
anime the motives which have
prompted the Florida growers to
spurn the offer of the unemployed
and available American workers
willing and able to work on their
plantations.
What have the Bahamans got
that Americans haven't gn7 Are
! the Florida growers attempting to
sabotage the labor standards rs to
wages and hours and conditions OF
work that have been established
ed The Farm Security A1ministra
ton?
These things Americans have 4
right to know
e. A. G.
Arkansas State press., 1943-03-26
NOTICE

1t is important that our
agents get their news into
this office by Monday Of
each week to insure publ
cation for the ensuing week.
With a shortage of mechan
ical help. we can not assure
publishing Of any news mat
ter reaching this office af-
ter Monday.
SO if you fail to see your
news, you will know that it
did not reach us in time.
Arkansas State press., 1943-03-26
BRIG. GEN. DAVIS
VISITS LITTLE ROCK

The citizens Of Little Rock
were honored ON Thursday of
last week with the presence Of
Brig. Gen. Benjamin 0. Davis,
the highest ranking Negro in
the United States Army when
he spoke in the Auditorium O.
Dunbar Hi School to a group
of present and future citizens
81 the city,
General Davis was in the
city on official business in
speeding the soldiers and fa-
cilities at Camp Robinson.
Arkansas State press., 1943-03-26

pay COLI rcd and
white shaierop-
pers the same
WAGES and offer
them the same
Work ing Cendi
tions ? w h t e
mt are not so
easy t. 81 owe A.
Arkansas State press., 1943-03-26
Brig. Gen. Davis Visits and Re-
views 37lst INF. Troops
By Cpl. III, rod q. Smith

! BY Cpl. Harold T.. Smith
Brig. General Benjamin G. Da
Wis, the highest ranking race Off
Ger in the United States Army
visited Camp Robinson, Wcdnes.
day to review the troops Of the
37lst Infantry Tho President
warded Gen. Davis his present IT,
tie in 194C after q long uphill cllnl,
that started in July 1898, when Re
enlisted as q private with the 9Th
Volunteer Infantry.
During World War No. /. Gen,
Davis earned promotions from Cap
tain to 1t. CO.. serving with the
9th Calvalry at Camp Stolsenberg,
He also served in the capacity a. in
structor of the Ohio National Cd.
At the present time Gen. Davis is
assigned to the Inspectors Gen.
erals Office in Washington, u. C.
Ia honor of Gen. Davis, the 371st
Infantry staged a parade and re.
view on the drill field. General
Davis was high in his praise Of the
parndins troops and complimented
both troops and Officers on he
splendid progress made since acti.
walton date Oct. Is, 1912
"Neas Of E Co"
BY Cpl. Frank Jones
How are yLu fellows? | know
Arkansas State press., 1943-03-26

Oyer tie Weekend stealing
seemed to have been very popular
around this city and found some
popular names mentioned in the
profession, Mr.. Armon of the
Lloyd Armon Corporation of 9Th
Street who was escorted before
the tribunal Of Justice by those
stal'walt rcntlemer OF defense Of
Law and Order, Cousin and Dill
heck. "To the Grand Jury, says the
tribunal of Justice, you need more
thar ! am ~ liberty to give"
Tony Ward, 1914 Pulaski and
Frank Scott If - w. Bird we're
escorted to the house of correction
for correction bv the same gentle
men of TIE Armyn fame, but these
hays could find no correction in
the lower house, and like others Of
their clan were directed to the up
per house Of clrrection-the G ].
G;iaes Ferguson. 1915 W, 10Th
saw action this week rs a member
Of the above Ian He as his form
CT associates recai ed the proteo
lion TO the lower house by Cousin
ami DiIloek but he rs others prov
cd a little complicated for one Jur-
ist More will have tc sit in on the
consultation.
Arkansas State press., 1943-03-26
STILL TOPS

Ethel Waters, popular song
stress of stage, screen ard
radio. starring with "Roch-
ester" in Metros Cabin In
The Sky.
Arkansas State press., 1943-03-26
THE GENERAL VISITS CAMP
bus company.

Visiting Camp Robinson
last week was Brig. Gen Ben
iamin o. Davis, of Washing
aor on a spccrt inspect. ~
tour After a review of the
troops Of 37lst Infantry, the
Arkansas State press., 1943-03-26
MANY NEGRO
MOTORMEN NOW
IN DEMAND

Negro bus anl street car oae-
ratcrs, lorg familiar to strlnh&ne
ers in two Of Tie Naiiof's largest
cities are now hing employed III
number of other communities,
latest reports Of the United States
Employment Service to the Trans
port Personnel Division Of the
Office Of Defense Transportation
show.
TIE example Of thee New York
City Board Of Transportation.
which has employed NEGROES for
q number Of years, has been follow
cd cecently by a privately owned
New York Company which, in or
der to ease an acute manpower
shortage. has employed a number
Of Negro hns drivers.
In Huffalo, the aTSES survey
showed, Negroes arc teing employ
cd not oNIy as operators but as
mechanics and truck lrivers. Trans
portation lines i'll Tak)ma Wash-
ington, are also utilizing Negroes
as bus drivers, and in Tulsa, OKLA,
transit compsny reported that
twenty-five Negro bus drivers are
among 20 persons employed in all
occupations.
Cleveland has II Negro street
Tar motcrmcn and conductors. The
manager of the Detroit transit line
said recently that twenty per cent
If the rIbIlc vehicle operators in
that city arc coloIed. Negroes
have been employed in the local
transit industry in Detroit for
many years, ard women as we'll
as men have been engaged in OPP
rating obs.
Inc Negro car operator Is
sonnet, Tx Of an renovation in
San Francisco where, ut tho pres
cnt tire, two Negro men and three
Negro women are engaged as
motosmen and conductors on the
city's transit lires. In Winston
Salem, n. G., Negroes make up the
entue p~rs' mel If . Negro.owned
bus company.
Arkansas State press., 1943-03-26

On the War Front
$. S. Taylor is making a study
Of health facilities tvailat L. for
Negroes and health problems pc.
cullar 10 tie lace. The facts
found in the survey VII I've given
publicity ard used as the edGca-
tional basis FOR the program.
Clifford +. milton, Executive
Secretary If the IIrLan League.
stated to the group that il was on
Iy necessary to make one single
statement to emphasize the fact
that HEALTH is serious prob
len, among Negr )es. whlrh needs
more consideration end attention,
he said, "Whilc number Of fac
tors contribute to- unfavcuble
health conditions within tho race,
the fat ludiG that none Nc
grocs arc dying in Greater Little
Rock each year thau orc being
horn"
pr, = II Lewis General Chai,.
mat stated that the program this
year would give particular atten
b. l.. L..
Arkansas State press., 1943-03-26

oh YES. The morale auxiliary
of the local female division is still
active with its few remaining Nom
hers. Bertha Hall, 1i15 w. 9tn,
according to testimony Of Burgv
and Kelly is doing n nice Job, and
pail her pliyiledec fee tc the City
Treasurer " SIR that she VIII be
able TO carry on,
Arkansas State press., 1943-03-26
CAP'TlVATED
18th OBSERVANC E OF NEGRO
HEALTH WEEK OUTLINED

Dr. John H. Lewis, princ pal of Dunbar High School
and chairman of the City Co mmee for he observance Of
Natl nal Negro Health Week April to II announced this
week that the committee met at the Urban League last
Thurs It,? and the following committees were appoincd
J. :, hoo Activities Mrs. M L. Williams Chairman
o-Irnllh Talks and S,rm Rev I; Chiffon CHS
tian and II. McCon'co, CoChairrlan
S-l"irs and Inspections, {. l.. lnrn, Chairman
a. Heath Moving Pastures, Mrs. Gertrude Davis Chm
5-Ivath Facts and Publicity, a G Eednnn Chm
l''tlprs 6. Thornton and j. v Jordan who represent
ne Medical Association, will make arrangements for the
nG"ua RADIO Program Oh health problems pecu, to the
MIRO.
IN spite Ut Ire heay ram last under the aues Of tn
husoaS afternoon Il persons League
different United
organizations and schools wera vice The theme Doth
present. vance. APRIL 4 TO H. s,sIJco,th
National Negro Hcllth is
Arkansas State press., 1943-03-26

Helen White, 14c6 Pulaski and
Lille brown are AMONG those ae-
eofding to Williams aud McFarlin
who were dctaire at the house Of
publication to he cleaned Of 4heir
sins after they had been discover
ed AT nth and State Doctors or
ders II times are more severe than
a Judges.
Arkansas State press., 1943-03-26

Monroe Nelson. 1000 State,
James Upchurch, 1e01 Ringo and
i. G.. Cater CT the same address
don't believe - ] mean didn't
NTH st. BLUE Coats nth o few
days age, you see, these boys were
offered a little leniency for their
cscapadcs mbocoming to the early
hours Of the morning, but instead
of accepting it. they sought other
means CT 'hulldoze', and the sun
arose and found them in the iccr,
icing off according to Mathews md
Sharpe. s1G.40 each,
Arkansas State press., 1943-03-26

living in America gives Us the
privilege to do e lot of things we
want TO do that we would 10 a.
nicl in another country or under
Soc mornin' Icdec--page iva
Arkansas State press., 1943-03-26

lrtoxicants spoke with more
force than Wiliiams and McFallin
in tic case Of Catherine Edwards,
1920 Wolfe and Ierov Brewer Of
32c w. 18th ard fer that reason
the City Treasurer is S3l 20 richer
Arkansas State press., 1943-03-26

It's funny thing how little
freedom will effect reQple here's
case of Ruth Town;ends, Si7
w S'h, who couldn't find anything
that would occupy her mind ac-
cordirg to Mathews and Sharpe
and Ind to have that freedom taxi
en- away before she could become
occupied, and fer tho next thirty
days, and maybe more she will be
ward ef tie state of Arkansas.
Arkansas State press., 1943-03-26

Odessa Alexander VI Woodson
thinks tire girls If he morale AUX
;lliary should have little cncour-
acemcnt according to Smith who
intercepted at 9Th and Arch. when
she attempted tc show the girls
what should be done. Pcor Odessa
is back in the country, hut not at
Woodson.
Arkansas State press., 1943-03-26

General was loud in his praise
for the training program car
ried on there. In the above
photo, the General is shown
2nd from the left, with Maj.
Gen. Edward M Arnold eX.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-06-27
Clarifying
Yourself
BY ALICIA HART
NEA staff Writer

when all other exercises fail to
slim you down to the proportions
you want to be-" says Metropolitan
Opera soprano Annamary Dickey,
TRY walking ou your hips
One of regular routine of exer-
cises which the singer does each
day to keep in trim, walking on her
hips is really not as much of a con-
tortion as it sounds.
Here is the way to do it:
Begin by sitting on the floor,
legs together and stretched out
straight in front Of you. Place your
hands lightly on your knees. Now
walk on your hips, taking as long
a stride" with each hip as posi-
BILE. DO this 25 times forward and
the same number of times back
ward
Not only is 1t an excellent exer-
else to reduce hips Miss Dickey
has discovered, but 1t also strength
ems muscles of the stomach and
abdomen"
And, of course, this means that
with slim hips and flat stomach,
clothes will look twice as well on
you, For, being well-dressed de-
pends as much on how you wear
clothes as it does on good style
sense.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-06-27
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT
NOTICE OF INTENTION TO EN-
GAGE IN THE SALE OF
ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES
June 25. 1913.


TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:
Notice is hereby given that fifteen
days after. the date posted. the
undersigned proposes to sell alco-
holic beverages at these premises.
described as follows
Asst Main Street, Ell Centre, Cali
fornia.
Pursuant to such intention, the
undersigned is applying to the State
Board OF Equalization for issuance
of an alcoholic license (or licenses)
for these premises as follows:
ON SALE BEER AND WINE
ON-SALE DISTILLED SPIRITS
RETAIL PACKAGE OFF-SALE
DISTILLED SPIRITS
Anyone desiring to protest the
issuance of such licenses may file
a verified protest with the State
Board of Equalization at Sacra-
mento. California, stating grounds
for denial as provided by law. The
premises are now licensed for the
sale of alcoholic beverages.
GILBERT WILLIAM STEVENS
No. 90 N J28
Imperial Valley press., 1943-06-27
Mind Your
Manners

Test your knowledge of correct So
cial usage by answering the follow
ing questions, then checking against
tho a''.horitative answers below:
l. When you introduce two per-
SONS who know nothing at all about
each other is it wise to make a re-
mark about each that will give
them something 20 talk about?
2. May one repay an invitation
to dinner with an invitation to a
cocktail party?
Of your friends by their first
names?
4. Should a young man call his
father-in law by his first name?
S. Would this be a correct intro
duction, Mrs. Smith, I'd like to
introduce my father -in-law"?
What would you do if
You have a Victory garden and
have more vegetables than you can
use yourself-but you haven't the
time to pick them and carry them
around to your friends who do not
have gardens
ca Say to your friends, Come
out some time and get some vege-
tables?
(b) Call your friends and say
"If you. would like some tomatoes
beans and corn come out tomorrow
and help yourself?
ANSWERS
J. Yes.
2. 1t is better to return an in
vitstion to dinner with an invita-
ton to dinner.
g. It isn't usually good idea
4. Not unless his father-in-lau
suggests it.
). Yes.
Better What Would You DO" So
lution-(b). If your invitation is
vague they may not take you up or
it and your vegetables will go tc
waste.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-06-27
Guerilla Captain
Asks US. Supplies

ISTANBUL, June "a. Delayed
(UP)-A ctptain in Jugoslavia's
guerilla army urged the United
States today to assume the job of
supplying Gen. Mikhailovitch ir-
regulars on grounds that lack of
British aid is curtailing their fight
ing power.
Mikhailovitch is backed by a
force of 10000, ti1is officer told
American correspondents. but could
put 100000 men in the field with
adequate aid in arms and NUM-
tions. From the way the captain
talked, he appeared to be in Mix
hailovitch's confidence.
The British, he said, were with
holding aid at the behest of Russia
The Soviet is backing Serbian Com
munists with the idea of fostering
separation among Jugoclavia's min
gled peoples, he added.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-06-27
Air General MAY
Have Missed Death

LONDON, June 26 UP)-Brig.
Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest, air.
minded descendant of Confederate
cavalry genius, may have ,parachUt-
ed safely from his damaged Flying
Fortress when it was shot out of
action on the Kiel raid June 13, a
fellow airman reported today.
Capt. Harry M. Conley of san
Francisco, crew member of an
other Fortress, said he saw eight
parachutes blossoming out after
Forests plane slipped downward,
hit-but under control
Forrest. great grandson and
namesake of Tennessee's Civil War
cavalry general, and the crew mem
bers of the Fortress were listed Of
ficially as missing. If they reach
ed ground safely, they probably
were made prisoners by the Nazis.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-06-27
s. Burton
Heath
Writes:

In all the comment about War
ner Brothers propaganda lilfn'
omission to Moscow" none that we
have seen strikes closer TO the heart
of the blunder than an editorial III
tbe saturday Review of Literature
which was initiated by the eoitor'
Norman Cousins.
After discussing the films terri
BILE mangling both of the ofigii'ai
book and of history. ana polhtihe
ont that this was particularly Gn-
desirable because of the seml-oIn-
cial status enjoyed by the fllm' MI.
Cousins notes the most harmfui
feature of the producers error.
The film, as it stands, he says,
constitutes an unfounded confess
sion that there is no common
ground for understanding between
the United States and Soviet Rus
sia. and therefore that 1t was nee
essarv to fabricate common
ground by presenting a picture OF
Russia so false that the whole
thing would be laughable II 1t
weren't so traffic"
But in fact, there are ample
grounds for mutual respect ana
friendship which could have been
stressed. We are fighting In a
common cause. in which the So
Wet is making a marvellous snow
ing. IF you want a motion pic
ture that will help Americans to
admire the Russian people, let them
see what is happening in Russia
today" says Mr. Cousins.
Russia has not been democ-
racv in The past But does anyone
think that the millions of Russian
people who have had to go through
such a hell on earth as has never
been seen in order to save tnelr
country from destruction can
be kept from the right to vote after
the war? Or the right to make
themselves heard?
whether we like it or not;
whether the Soviet leaders like 1t or
not, the march of progress toward
democratic organization is on IN
Russia
The SPONSORS of this unfortunate
film made the same blunder that
others have made They failed to
discriminate between the American
reaction to Russian heroism. the
American appreciation of how much
we are profit;ng from what Russia
is doing to Hitler-and our intense
dislike for the treacherous tactics
of the Communist party, as agent
for the now ostensibly defunct Com
itern, in this country
Understanding and friendship
never can be founded firmly on
lies, half-truths, distortions and
suppressions. They must rest upon
publicity, not propaganda.