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The southern news., 1943-09-11

is the extent and type of edu-
cation they will be able to get for
their children.
I'm answer to these questions" ;"
declared the chaplain, Il rely upon
the men and women who have
made a study of trends and quote
from the books they have written
or urge the men to read these
books for themselves. L also give
them some of the pamphlets pro-
vided here at the USO which deal
with economic, educational and
communal problems. They show
in a general way what types of
progress the men can expect and
what they themselves can do to
hasten that progress.
Everything L have attempted
to do here" he added, has prov
ed to me the aliveness and in
quisitiveness of the Negro mind.
The desire for knowledge is real
and these men, even though they
are doing a hard physical job, are
never too tired to learn something
which they feel will lead to a
better future and a better world"
The southern news., 1943-09-11

able equipment to Negro pas
sengers. The jim crow law was
not invented by Negroes and the
record shows that they have been
protesting against it for years.
The humiliation involved is bad
enough; there ought not be any
inequality"
In addition to writing to the I.
C. c. the NAACP also communi-
Gated with the Office of Defense
Transportation.
J. B. Eastman, director of ODT
said that an investigation of the
Rocky Mount situation revealed
that traffic of all description was
left at various stations along line
on this date. Additional trains
had been added and all equipment
had been pressed into service.
Trouble is that more people are
endeavoring to travel than there
are facilities available. This ap-
plies to all races. The matter of
The southern news., 1943-09-11
ASheyille Boy Is
HOnOred At Great
Lake Naval Base

GREAT LAKES, Ill. - Thomas
Cortez Johnson, 35, of 26O5-J,
Ridge Drive, Philadelphia. Pa,
has graduated from recruit train
ing with top honors in his COM
pany at the U. S. Naval Training
Station here.
Johnson, who led the 1870 blue
Jackets Of his company in drill
and scholarship, formerly owned a
radio service store in Asheville.
N. G. Having completed his basic
training as an apprentice seaman,
he will now be assigned duties on
this Station as a member of Ships
Company.
The honor man has returned
to Philadelphia on a nine-day
leave with his wife, address
above. His father is T. E. John
son, 134 Livingston, Asheville.
Johnson attended Livingston Col
lege. Salisbury, and the National
Radio Institute.
The southern news., 1943-09-11
'CHRISTM As
PACKAGES TO
BE M ALLIED
BEFORE OCT. Is

The War Department. through
the Army Postal Service in con-
junction with the Post Office De-
partment, has designated the per-
iod September 18th to October
18th as Christmas Mail month for
soldiers overseas. Persons wish
ing to insure their packages to
soldiers overseas being delivered
for Christmas will be sure to take
advantage of the War Depart
ment's offer to assure them of
Christmas delivery if mailed dur
ing the month between September
18th and October 18th.
Any one wishing any informa-
ton concerning the size and
weight may call the Post Office,
and any assistance possible will
be given. says Mrs. Grace G..
Shell. Post Master.
The southern news., 1943-09-11
ice Asked To Hs4!t
Discrimination In
ALLEGATION Of Equipment
On Jim Crow Railroads

WASHINGTON, d. C. = The
Interstate Commerce Commission
was asked this week by the N. A.
A. c. P. to bring to task the
Atlantic Coast Line Railroad and
other carriers found to discrimi-
nate against Negro passengers in
the allotment of equipment.
The Associations demand fol-
lowed the receipt of a telephone
call from New York resident
who charged that she had been
in the station at Rocky Mount,
North Carolina for almost "a
hours and that or 10 north
bound trains had passed through
each of which received white pas
sengers but refused to receive any
colored passengers. She said that
there were about 200 colored pas
sengers waiting in the station and
that among them was a woman
with sick baby.
The New York office of the
Atlantic Coast Line Railroad which
operates through Rocky Mount
surmised that the difficulty was
due to the general strain on car
riers and the shortage of equip
ment for civilian travel caused by
military demands.
The NAACP held that even a
difficult situation like the present
there should be no discrimination
as between races in the allotment
of whatever facilities are avail
able.
From reports that have come
to u.s." the NAACP letter to ICC
stated, 1--WE believe that carriers
in southern states have not al
lotted a fair proportion of avail
The southern news., 1943-09-11
MIGRANT TOMATO
PICKERS LIVE IN PA.
CHICKEN COOPS

QUAKERTOWN, Pa. The
state will seek the conviction of
Edward o. Mastin for the deaths
of Willie Cooper and Mrs. Odell
May, Negro migratory workers
who We're burned to death here
August II in a barn on the Mastin
farm on Route No. 2. 1t is ex-
pected that the case will be tried
early in October.
A personal investigation by
John Grantham, president of the
Lehigh Valley NAACP Branch, re-
vealed that the victims were two
of fifty migratory workers who
were brought from Florida by a
kThate Contractor to gather ia tho
kpmato crop on the Mastin farm.
tomatoes picked by these workers
are sold to the government thru
the Campbell Soup Company.
Most of the workers are housed
in chicken coops; the largest be-
ing about 7 feet square and only
feet in height. Grantham said
in his report workers along with
their children are living in these
small chicken coops-and these
little coops, even if they were fit
to live in, are too small for q
couple to live in comfortably
but the most horrible thing of all
is that nearly every worker has
large family and he and his
family live in these small houses.
This condition is worse than
slavery could have ever been"
Unable TO take pictures of the
housing provided for workers.
Grantham submitted to the N. A.
A. C. P. national office a free
hand sketch of the chicken coops
which he described as filthy and
unfit for human habitation.
Though dissatisfied with the
conditions under which they have
been forced to live, the workers
said that they have not been able
to earn enough money for rail-
road fares.
The deceased persons were liv-
ing in a barn and We're burned to
death at midday when they were
trapped by fire on the third
floor. There was only one exit
and one of the workers suffered
a broken back when he attempted
to leap from a window; another
was severely burned.
At the coroner's hearing at
Quakertown on August 27, the
coroner's jury held Mastin respon-
sible for the death Of the two
workers. Prentice Thomas, mem
Der of the NAACP national legal
staff attended the hearings.
Evidence presented at the hear
ing showed that several families
lived in the barn. Some OF the
persons had oil stoves on which
they cooked The barn was filled
with hay and other inflammable
material. There were no fire es-
capes: the only exit being through
one door and the windows,
District Attorney Edward Bis
ter, Doylestown, Pa, said that In
order for the state to make its
case it would be necessary for
Claude jackson, one of the work
ers who last saw the deceased
rersons alive. to appear as a Vwitz
ness. Jackson has agreed t@ res
main in the state. ~
The southern news., 1943-09-11
Dog Guarding Auto
Included In Loot

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - John
Pierce reported, with evaporation,
this story to a police desk SER
geant:
'T parked my automobile down
town early tonight. I want to re-
port the theft of a tire, wheel and
inner tube - and a bulldog. I
especially would like to find the
bulldog"
Pierce left the dog with the cel
as a guard,
The southern news., 1943-09-11
NEGRO CHAPLAIN is
ALSO EDUCATR

This man must be nameless
here, yet at New York area
camp where he is stationed his
name is almost a by-word. He is
a Negro chaplain who has ac-
complished the unusual job of
setting up program for the
scholastic education of his men
at the same time as he ministers
to their spiritual needs. But even
though his name cannot be told
for he is stationed at an en-
barkation camp under Army re-
strictions-the story of his ad-
vanced conception of the work
of a minister can.
This educational program is car
ried out in two places. Part Of it
is at the camp where he has es-
tablished classes for the men of
his task force in such subjects as
mathematics, literature and writ
ing. Those nevGr before privi-
legged to perfect themselves in
these subjects have been availing
themselves of this chance for
many months past. He carries out
the second part of his program at
the nearby USO clubhouse to
hich he has been given a dur
alton of his -stay-invitation" by the
club director who feels that if his
club can provide the Negro an
opportunity to improve his mind
at the same time as it gives him
recreational facilities, it is serving
it's highest purpose.
Asked how he performs this
educational job at a center to
which the men ostensibly come
for recreation, the chaplain ex-
planned:
There are three topics in which
most of the men are primarily
interested their present, their
past, their future. On each of
these there is much for them to
learn, much they do not know.
Take their past. Many of them do
not realize that, having their or
igin in such varied parts of the
world, they have a very interest
ing and vital history and back
ground of tradition. In giving
them what might be termed a his
tory lesson, they gain both factual
knowledge and also a desirable
pride in their heritage To illus
trate part of my so-called lesson,
the club director recently provided
fine program by a professional
group of dancers. The numbers
depicted scenes of African folk
lore. To the Negro of African
descent, these scenes have the
s m historic significance
Thanksgiving stage pageant would
have to the New Englander whose
ancestors were actually part of
that scene.
Their interest in the present is
manifested quite obviously in their
fine attendance at the classes at
camp. proving their desire to be
with universal educational
and cultural expansion. Here at
the USO where they are relaxed
and in a mood to talk, they evince
that interest in asking me numer-
Gus questions about things and
people in the world today. Many
of them have had so little contact
with the world they find it diff
cult to understand people who are
different than they. 1 try to in
crease their understanding by en-
larging their knowledge and so in
answer to their questions I tell
them about different types of peo-
pie, where they live, how they live
and why they live as they do"
When it comes to the future,
the chief interest of the men in
uniform is the kind of homes they
will be able to build for their
families, and next in Importance
Cpl. Frederic Thomas, New York,
well known baritone. sang "Trees."
The southern news., 1943-09-11
MIGRANT TOMATO PICKERS BURNED
N.A.A.C.P. To Organize
State Asso. Sept. Is
AT Charlotte, N. c.

There will be a meeting of all
branches of the NAACP of North
Carolina in Charlotte, North Caro-
lima, for the purpose of organiz-
ing a state organization. All ex-
ecutive offices Of the branches
are invited to attend this meeting
on September 1S.
The southern news., 1943-09-11

ROME ARMY AIR FIELD,
N. Y.-Left to right, Brigadier
General C. P. Kane, Commanding
General, Rome Air Service Com
ynAnd pinning the Soldiers Medal
on Corporal John D. Hilton Of
Bolivar, West Virginia. Corporal
Hilton received the Medal for
bravery last April 13 when single
handed he removed the bodies Of
BIZ men from an Army bomber
which crashed near Daniel Field,
Georgia. A member Of Air Serv-
ice Commands 1954th Ordinances
Depot Company Hilton will serve
with one Of Air Service Com
mand's keep 'em Flying" ground
erewk
The southern news., 1943-09-11
Fisherman Finds
Better Luck In Air

CAMDEN, S. C. - NJ. J. Mosely,
unable to land anything in the
waters of nearby Hermitage Lake
with his fly rod, took to the air
with better success.
Disguised because the fish s ere
biting, Mosely cast his line at a
large bird flying about 10 feet
above the water.
He reeled in a fat duck.
The southern news., 1943-09-11

providing adequate facilities as
nearly as possible under prevail
ing conditions has been handled
with Atlantic Coast Line and all
other lines in the South"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-11-10

The Investigating Committee has
documentary proof that the former
Naval Attache of the German En-
bassy interviewed directly In the lives
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-11-10
REPORTS FILED ON
SCOUT ACTIVITIES
New Troop, Two Cub
Packs Organized Here
Executive Announces

David r. Babson, scout executive,
reported at an executive board meet
ing at The Elton last night that a
new Boy Scout troop and two new
Cub packs have been organized In
the Mattatuck Council Of Boy
Scouts.
Lieut.. Arthur Charbonneau of the
Army Air Corps. former Eagle Scout
Of Troop 10, addressed the meeting
Charter members of the new troop,
No. SO, sponsored by st. Mary's Rus
sian Orthodox church are: George
Ruzinkoyic, Dan Carlo, Anthony
Koban. Miohael Kirilenko. Peter
Krawchok, Albert Cabana, Francis
Mancini, Rocco Sodano, Theodore
Yaroshuk, Francis A. Lione and MI
chael Granatuk.
The leaders are Scoutmaster
Demitry Kaenyck and Assistant
Scoutmaster John zablock, Paul
Opalak Is chairman of the troop
committee, and Rev. Paul Dzubay
and Peter LaBoda, members OF
the committee.
Reporting increased interest IN
scouting, Mr.. Babson said Troops
! In Thomaston and Cheshire and
~ In Waterbury are recognizing,
and new Cub packs have been
formed In Woodbury. and at Beth
FL synagogue In the city, Requests
have been received for Cub and
Scout troops. he said, at the Long
Hill and Hamilton Heights fed.
eral housing projects,
Harold Manning, chairman OF
the advancement committee, an
nouneed promotions which have
been approved BY the Waterbury
district board OF reviews,
The promotions include Central
district, promoted TO second class
rank, John darceau. Troop ..
Dave Hawk, Troop u william
Reid, Troop 7, and Thomas dluo.
denis, Troop Is. Peter Tehakl.
rides, Troop !, 10 first class rank;
John silkauskas. Troop Is, star
Scout, John 9llkauskaE, Troop Is,
merit badge award.
From the South district, Paul
Bonaldi, George Codlanni and John
DeMice, Troop 20, promoted 70
second class rank; Thomas Y,
sturkes. Troop 10. 10 Star Scout.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-11-10
ATTENTION MIR. AND MRS.
UNITED NATIONS

Impossible and bafbaric," is the
quote Of the Argentine Embassy
about my broadcast and column -.
The phrase Is too valuable to drop
because impossible and barbaric"
exactly describes the President Of
the Argentine. Here are the facts
the first Of series Of exposes
so shocking that the German
American Bund's efforts In the U.
s. are child's play by comparison
but 1t Is the same secre. war
on an international basis.
Impossible and barbaric"-but
the Argentine Government cannot
deny the offlcial minutes of the
Committee Investigating Anti-Ar-
gentine activities This commits
tee, headed by Raul Damonte Ia
borda, showed the escape Of 100
Graf Spec crew members up to
July, 1912; revealed that the num-
Der included six captains, II lieu
tenants, 3 second lieutenants, s
other officers, 5 electrical engineers
28 Sundry experts, 3 radio opera
tors and 26 mechanics. The Argen-
tine Committee concluded that, since
most Of those who escaped possessed
technical knowledge and, therefore,
could render valuable service on
other battleships, their escape was
neither accidental nor isolated, but
took place In groups Yes, i'm
possible and barbaric," but Argen-
tinas guilt Is proven by official
Argentine records.
The Argentine Govt must know
that the reports of the Argentine
investigating committee, telling of
IA officers who fled from the Naval
Arsenal on April 8, 1910, and 16
who escaped from Martin Garcia
Island on August 81, 1910, said that
mo officer has been captured and
IT IS KNOWN that almost every
one Of them returned to active serv-
ice" can name names. There
was Captain Jurgen Wattenberg
who escaped from Argentina and Ia
ter broadcast from Berlin, describ-
ting the des:!cable role he played In
the sinking of the Brazilian mer-
SLIP Va VA OAAN
Brazilian coast In May, 1912 :. And
here was First Officer Jorge Ratch
who was formerly on the Graf Spec
and later interned in Argentina and
who turned UP on board German
submarine when 1t was sunk by an
allied ship The Argentine Govt
also knows about Gunther Schie-
busch, FREDERICK Mumm, Enrique
Hummer and Dietrich Bludau, who
escaped" from Argentina anG are
reliably reported to be In command
Of submarines have some
more names, too, in case President
Ramirez henchmen have not beer
able to read the records available
to them.
The Investigating Committee has
documentary proof that the former
Naval Attache of the German En-
bassy interviewed directly In the lives
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-11-10
DeLacour Reviews
Thomaston Guards
Brigader-GeneraI Honored at Hartford Parade; IA
Battalion Units Participate

aston, CRANKY and Bristol took part.
There also were Companies E, r. I,
Service Company and Medical De-
tachment Of Hartford, Companies K
and l. of New Britain; Companies q
and H Of Manchester and Com
pany B Of Bristol. The battalion
was headed by its commander, Lieu
tenant-Colonel william ]. Maxwell.
of WetherSfield, former executive
officer of the 169th Infantry.
Before the review there were DEM
onstrations of first aid, manual Of
arms, close order drill, calesthentcS
and formal guard mounting.
General DeLacour and his staff
were the guests Of the battalion Of
ficers after the review. Members
of the Guard and their families and
friends danced until a. m. to the
music of the State Guard band,
which gave the first public rendition
OF the new State Guard March.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-11-10
ORDNANCE AWARD
FOR LITTLEFIELD
General Drewry HOnOrs
Civilian Employees for
Production Hints

Springfield, Mass, Nov. 10 - First
cash awards to civilian personnel
of the Springfield Ordnance District
for suggestion aimed toward econ
omy and improvement in operation
and administration were made to-
day by Brigadier General Guy II.
Drewry, district chief, to Charles j.
Downey, Jr., Edward J. Sullivan and
Arnold b. Davis OF the Springfield
district Office and Elmer Littlefield
of the Waterbury section. Hartford
Regional Once.
Mr.. Downey, employed in the
Fiscal Branch, received 500 for q
suggestion to improve accounting
procedure to expedite payments to
contractors on delivery of war ma
terials. Mr.. Sullivan. also of Fiscal,
was awarded $40 for q suggestion
simplifying department directories
as an aid to personnel and visitors.
Mr.. Davis, employed In the AM
munition Branch, was awarded $40
for a suggestion which will simpli-
fly and make available bulletins list
ing technical publications and docu-
ments, and an award of $40 was
made to Mr.. Littlefield for suggest
ing a method of sending kilograms
which viii result In O saving TO the
district,
Yesterdays awards were made
under War Department orders OF
June 2 authorizing cash payments
to civilian employees for suitable ac-
ceptable suggestions In various
classifications aimed at saving eX'
pendlture increasing efficiency or
speeding up the war effort, The
SOD plan was established August
% and q special board comprising
Lieutenant Colonel 7. l., Hapgood,
Major DuFant y, Ladd and n, x,
Reynolds, chief OF the Ammunition
Branch, was named by General
Drewry. This board meets twice q
month to consider suggestions,
These are Identified by number with
anonymity Of the author protected
until an award Is either made or
rejected,
TO date. 90 suggestions have been
received regarding various phases OF
SOD activities, OF these. 81 have
been rejected. 10 are pending and
four were accepted and recognized
by yesterdays cash awards.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-11-10

Hartford, Nov. l0.-Two New Bril-
tain men, Major william s. Squires
and Sergeant Hiding Hendenberg,
were awarded l0-year service medals
Tuesday night at the State Armory
here during ceremonies which in
cluded a combined parade and re-
view in honor of Brigadier General
Reginald B. DeLacour, adjutant-gen-
eral, given by the ID Battalion, list
Military District, of the State Guard.
Major Squires is executive officer
of the End Battalion and Sergeant
Hiding Is the top sergeant OF Com
pany B, New Britain. In addition to
their State Guard service over the
last three years they have served in
the National Guard.
Reviewing the battalion with Gen.
eral DeLacour, who is also COM
mander OF the State Guard, were
Colonel Joseph P. Nolan, chief OF
staff of the Guard and other men,
bers OF the generals staff.
Fourteen units OF the battalion,
including five reserve companies
from Rockville, Wethersfield, Thorn
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-11-10
Walter WiHlclleII
In NezV York

Of the internees and employed a
threatening and aggressive style to
force them to return to Germany to
man the Fuehrer's ships On
August l6, 1912, Niebuhr addressed
a note to Sailor Kurt Ridzevskl,
saying in part, you are instructed
to present yourself ON Thursday,
August 90 1912, at ii o'clock in the
offices of the German House, j. C..
Paz, as the undersigned wishes to
hand over to you an official COM
munication that will be of great
value and importance to you in
your future life"
The Committee Investigating Anti.
Argentine Activities, In evidence
available to the present government
OF Argentina, was able to verify that
escaped officers and sailors counted
on the active ana direct collabora-
ton Of the Naval Attache in the
German Embassy and on the help
and cooperation of vast organiza-
ton of agents throughout Argen-
tine territory and neighboring coun-
tries The Argentine authori-
ties must know about German
citizen named Alfonso Haun who,
on Sept. "a, 1910, received a phone
call from the German Embassy In
Buenos Aires The call came
from a representative Of the Naval
Attache Captain Niebuhr, and 1t in
structed Haun to await the arrival
Of person who would give him GER
tain orders The Argentine po-
police must know that at the APP
pointed hour Alfonso Haun was in
troduced to two officers Of the Graf
Spec, who handed him an envelope
which contained an order from
Niebuhr to make arrangements for
the embarkation of the two men
on the steamer General Artigas".
The two Graf Spec men we're Lieut.
tenants Reckoff and Lang. Both
had false passports.
The Argentine Authorities must
know that Haun assisted in other
escapes and that there Is q record
of a letter written by Kurt Mayer
Brunswick on October 81, 1910, to
Captain Niebuhr, revealing how
with the help of Haun, Brunswick
and two friends had obtained legal
documents and prepared to flee to a
Pacific port.
Here for the record are some OF
the things that have happened In
Argentina since Ramirez took over
by force on June 4, l943:
Cd The press-all but the pro-
Nazi and anti-Semitic vermin sheets
was rigidly controlled and pre-.
vented from making any comment
on either foreign or domestic poll.
cies Of the government. Editor who
broke this enforced silence have
been Jailed.
co Labor unions were suppressed
90 Interventors (petty dictatorsI
were appointed to rule the provinces
Many Of them are well-knowt
NaZis.
"a Raul Damonte Taborda, one.
time head OF the Congressional Com
mittee for Investigating Anti-A8r.
gentine Activities, was forced Il
take refuge in the Uruguayan EN-
ba!ssy in Buenos Aires when 1t be.
came known that the government
intended to arrest those who hat
worked on the pro-Allied Commit
tee. This committe was respon
sible for uncovering the information
! concerning NaZi activities In Ar
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-11-10
WORE GREEN COATS

Back In the days Of fiintlocks and
fighting tops, members of the U. s..
Marine Corps wore green coats,
white waistcoast and buff-colored
trousers that disappeared in leg
gings above the knees. The famous
American Corps Of fighting men will
observe Its 1853 anniversary on
November 10.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-11-10

Ecuador now has radiotelegraphle
service linking most countries IN
the Americas.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-11-10

gentina. Taborda did not dare
leave the Uruguayan Embassy until
the was guaranteed that he would
not be prosecuted.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-11-10

South Africa has a shortage OF
nurses.