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Evening star., 1943-10-05
BY THOMAS r. HENRY,


WITH 7th ARMY IN SICILY
Delayed The next executions OF
criminals in Sicily will be easier
for the eXecutioners.
AMG law enforcement officials
explained today that they will mod
ify the century-old Sicilian practice
which was clumsy, intricate and
costly. The condemned man sat on
stool with his back toward an exc
Cutlon squad of 20 men commanded
by captain. Twenty bullets were
fired into his back. An execution
was secret, usually took place in
some lonely field, and the dead man
was buried on the spot The execu-
TONERS were police, with headquar-
ters in Rome. who travelled all over
the kingdom on their gruesome
errandS.
The next execution will be by
essentially the same method, but by
squad of eight men. One rifle will
be loaded with a blank, as is the
custom with American Army firing
squads.
An inspection of the islands pris-
onS also has been completed. In
some of them the prisoners were
living skeletons because of the poor
rations they received and paid for
themselves. They were getting. the
officers found food equivalent in
energy value to only 500 calories a
day, barely enough to keep a man
alive
This has been increased in all
prisons by AMG to a minimum of
$500 calories day. The men still
will get only one meal day but they
will get more than three times as
much. At the same time wardens
have been told to supplement the
diet so far as possible with oranges,
which are just ripening and are very
cheap.
At least one first t-class meal was
provided for all prisoners from con-
fiscated German ratlons.
The prison wage system inaugu-
rated by the Fascist government was
found a model of its kind and will
he continued. Prisoners work hard
and get fair pay, However, there Is
a weekly deduction for board and
room the room sometimes dark
cell cut in Watersoaked limestone
rock-and for the costs the gov
eminent incurred at the trial.
These charges. however, never can
exceed two-thirds of the prison pay,
so that man who has served an
extended sentence always leaves
with reasonable sum in his pocket
AMG has found that it can in
trust law enforcement in most cases
TO the carbinieri-the kings po-
lice with the tradition of a CEN
turH of service behind them and
good morale. For the most part
Evening star., 1943-10-05
SiciIidn Method of Executing
Criminals Is Modified by AMG

, they are good, able officers and COM
petent detectives.
Three of four rather mysterious
murder cases in one small city were
solved within week and the pre-
sumed slayerS now are awaiting
trial Sicily, home of the sinister
Malta, always has had bad repu-
tation for laWlessness. Since the
invasion it has proved by no means
so bad as it has been painted. even
in the face of terrible hardships.
The treatment of the criminally
insane, AMG officers say, is the best
they have seen yet anywhere. They
are housed in special newly built
asylum and are given intensive vo-
cational therapy as we'll as the best
possible psychiatric service.
The inmates. they found, were
mostly youthful victims of demen-
tia precoX, which is prevalent in
Sicily.
When their Job is finished AMG
officers will have no hesitation in
handing back law enforcement to
the local officials, who should func-
ton more efficicntly as a result of
being freed of Fascist politics and
graft. This has pelmeated very
little the ranks of the carbinieri,
Evening star., 1943-10-05
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The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1943-03-06
Tougaloo In
4-Weeks Stamp
And Bond Drive

The Toualoo College Council
conducted successful War Saw
ings Stamps and Bonds drive from
February 3, through February 81.
The drive eliminated with Vic
tory Ball in the college auditorium
on the night of the 9th.
During the period of the CAM
paign there was spirited and
friendly rivalry between the four
college classes for the honor of
naming the Victory Queen. The re-
port at the Victory Ball showed
that the classes had sold stamps and
bonds amounting to $621.50. Of this
amount the Freshman class sold
$291.15 worth and the Sophomore
class $257.80. Jean Martin of the
Freshman Class, and whose home
town is Brookhaven, was crowned
the Victory Queen of Tougaloo
Gertrude Webster. Freshman from
jackson, was a very close second
for this honor.
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1943-03-06
Teachers Given
Credit Unions
50Oth Charter

Alcorn A & M College, Miss.
March l, 1943-In a meeting with
Mrs. James T. Coates, Federal De
post Insurance Corporation, Allan
ia, Georgia, the teachers and relat-
ed workers in Claiborne County
met at Alcorn A & NJ College Feb
ruary % to receive their charter
for the Claiborne County Teachers
Federal Credit Union. 1t is inter
esting to note that the charter
granted this group was the 5OOth,
the number the Federal govern
ment set as its goal goal in 1888.
With low teachers salaries and high
interest rates, the credit union will
be in position to render the teach
ers and related workers a much
needed service because they will be
able to borrow money at relatively
Continued on Page 81
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1943-03-06

ship
Edward Kennedy Duke" Filing
ton, whose contribution to Ameri-
can music for the past twenty years
has lifted "Jazz" to new heights OF
excellence and dignity.
DR.. George Washington Carver,
whose recent death brought to a
close a career which has focused
wide attention upon the eontribu-
tons Of the Negro to science.
Willard S. Townsend, president Of
the United Transport Workers of
America Red Caps" for becoming
the first Negro member of the ex-
ecutive committee of the Congress
of Industrial Organization.
DR. j. Ernest Wilkins, Jr., Phi
Beta Kappa, for winning his Pho.
in mathematics from the University
of Chicago at the age of 19.
Paul Robson, for symbolizing
and promoting the folk art of many
lands and peoples and for his per-
Torrance last summer in the lead
ing role of Shakespeare's immortal
play, "Othello."
DR.. Allan Locke, of Howard Uni
versity for his books and for edit
ing the special issue of Survey
Graphic, Color: Unfinished Bust
ness of Democracy"
DR.. Arthur Melvin Townsend,
whose business acumen, against
great odds has guided the million
dollar publishing company Of the
National Baptist Con-, out of the
red
The Pittsburgh Courier, largest
Negro weekly newspaper for lead
ing the Double w campaign.
DR. Claiming Tobias for his SER
vices in the war bond campaigns.
Margaret Walker of West Virgin
ia State College for winning the
Yale University Poets competition
with her book For My People"
Judge William H HASTE, former
Civilian Aide to the Secretary of
War, for his heroic effort to achieve
full indignation of the Negro in the
United States Army.
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1943-03-06

In recent interview with At
torney W. H. Mhoon the following
detailed account was given by him
concerning his defense Of Henry
Sias, charged with the murder sew
eral weeks ago, of Sharkey Coun-
ty law officer, at Rolling Fork,
Mississippi. Lawyer Mhoon said:
"A short time ago, I was APP
preached by the father, brother and
uncle of Harry Sias, who was
charged with the murder of Mr..
Frank Moore, ST., nightwatchman
for the town of Rolling Fork. be-
came interested in the defense of
the colored boy, as result of this
conference.
However, l insisted that before
agreeing to participate in this mat
ter, that these relatives would also
engage the services of Hon. John
G. Burkett, eminent trial lawyer of
the Jackson bar to try the case in
the courts.
"On Monday, February %, we
went to Rolling Fork, at which time
Harry Sias was arraigned, and spe-
cial venire of men asked for and
granted by the Circuit Court. The
trial was set for Thursday, Febru-
airy 25th.
Promptly on Thursday the trial
started and was concluded late
Friday. The results being a YER
dict of guilty as charged, and car
rying with it a death penalty.
have been appearing in the
courts of this state for almost four
decades and | have never attended
trial where the people were more
orderly and we'll mannerd. ! want
to commend the people of Sharkey
County for their very fine spirit.
Judge Anderson is most able
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1943-03-06
Local Boards,
One, Two, -Four,
Call Registrars

Thesfollowing colored registrants
were ordered this week to, report
for physical examination: ).
Draft Board 2: Jim Nelson, Rob-
ert Lee CASTOR, Edward Cooper,
Walter B. Parker, Will Henry
Banks, Luther Ramsey, Grady
Clark, Washington E. Hamilton
Hudson A. Miller, Willie Washing
ton, Jimmy Lee Williams, Robert
Dorsey, c. j. Jones, w. L. Nichols,
Garrett White, Samuel Billip, Leo
Benjamin;
James j. Allen, Armisted Wash
ington, Ed Green, James Lewis,
Henry Majors, Lloyd H. Bracey,
David E. Jones, Joe Burley, Her
man Christmas, T. ]. Hardy, Erwin
Wilburn, Robert Bell, Preston
Brown, Jessie j. Robinson, Theo-
dore Marshall, Willie Brown, Jr.,
George Daniel, Robert Lee Gas
ton.
Draft Board 4: Charles Vernon
Lee, Herbert Lee Hatchett, Robert
Lee Thompson, Charlie Henry, Cor
nelius Booker, James G. Thurston,
Jack Calvin Jones, Fred Jelks,
Thomas S. Kincaide, Eighty Oliver,
Eddie Hugh Virgil, James Reed, Ed
die p Anderson, Floyd Albert Le-
Wy, Less Grayer, Lonnie Drum
mond, Levy Taylor, Lardis McIn-
tosh, Random Huckle Howard, Mil
ton Bell, Samuel Gray.
Draft Board 1: George Lee How
ard, Virgie Campbell, Percy L. Will
son, Eugene Short, Arlington Wof-
ford High, Andrew Forbes, Nose
Jones, Charlie Lee Hendricks, Will
lie Bennett, Alfred Taylor, Willie
Guy, Jr., Sam Mckinney, Willie
Butler, Eddie Beneard, Fred Scales,
Thomas Gilmore, Willie Thomas,
Major Henry Myers, John Hill,
Curtis Davis, John Louis Armon,
Eddie Chamblin.
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1943-03-06

Jurlst and presided over the trial
with great dignity and learning.
His ruling were able and sincere.
Sheriff L. c. Hicks and the
members of the Highway Patrol de-
serve great credit for the splendid
manner in which they met every
emergency and performed their du-
ties in the matter.
The many years training which
Mr.. Burkett has had the trial of
lawsuits stood him in good stead
in this trial. Every person who
heard the skillful manner in which
he handled the witnesses, both on
direct and cross examination, and
also his masterful and brilliant ar
gument to the jury, were most law
ish, in praise of his defense in this
case. Personally, l have heard
many of the states geratest trial
lawyers in my time, and l can say
truthfully that in this trial, he was
the equal of them all.
From the verdict of guilty and
the announcement of the sentence,
there has been perfected an appeal
to the Supreme Court of Mississip-
pi.
1t is our firm conviction that
reversal will be granted by that
court. Certain instructions asked
for the defendant and refused will
in our opinion work reversal and
re-trial of the case.
According to the theory of the
defense, this is perfect case of
self defense under the law. and at
the very worse, from the testimony
of the state, the offense can never
rise higher than manslaughter.
At any rate. we shall continue
the defense of the defendant with
that same zeal and great efforts,
that have characterized it up to this
time"
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1943-03-06
Birmingham
Negroes To
Build Hospital

Birmingham, Ala-Setting their
goal at 100000, Negro citizens of
Birmingham are pushing a cam
paign for the building and equiping
of 100-bed Negro hospital and
nurses home.
The idea, originated by the Rev.
Amos H. Carnegie, is moving to
realization through formation of the
Birmingham-Jefferson County Ne
gro Hospital Association and a
white advisory board set up by its
constitution to have joint control
Of affairs.
Association president is the Ri.
Rev. B. G. Shaw, Negro bishop of
Birmingham, with DR.. Carnegie as
executive director. Head of the
white advisory board is DIR. George
A. Denison, city-county health Of
ficer and Charles Zukoski, a Birm-
ingham banker is secretary.
Founding of the advisory board
came because I'VE wanted to APP
proach this campaign from the right
point inter-racially," according to
DR.. Carnegie. Both races must
have confidence in this campaign
if we are to meet a crying need
and solve a great problem"
RECEIPTS through December 81,
1912 were $7,09896. The sum came
largely from Negro employees of
Birmingham plants and business
houses who voluntarily signed up
for regular payroll deductions
through their companies. Coopera-
ton of the plants was obtained by
DR.. Carnegie through personal calls
on the plant officials.
Though no solicitations have yet
been made upon white citizens, per-
sonaI checks contributed voluntar-
lily have amounted to approximate
" $1,000. Plans are now under way
by the association to launch a coun-
ty-wide campaign among all citi-
zens within the coming month.
The hospital, when completed,
will be stated with surgeons and
specialist of both races. 1--WE want
to use the men we have here, DR..
Carnegie explains, and in order to
have specialists of all types, in or
der to be ready for emergency we
hope to have an interracial staff"
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1943-03-06
Tougaloo Names
Students In War

In the January, 1913 issue of the
Tougaloo News, PUBLISHED by Tonga
loo College, Tougaloo, Mississippi,
the following college and secondary
school students and faculty mem
bers in the Service of the United
States Army were named:
College
1t James E. Anderson, 1t. John
L. Hamilton, 1t Johnny Hutcher-
son, 1t. Edwin Lee, 1t. George Ow-
ems, 1t, Maurice L. isson, 1t. Hen
ry Talbert, 1t. Andrew j. Tops,
w. o. Alvin, J. Mcneil.
Sergeants: Win Anderson, Yer
non Cade, James billiard, Lloyd M.
Fletcher, Dorsey w. Griffin, JOS
eph Heron, Earl L. Hunter, Jas
eph S. P. Lee, Walter B. Lewis,
Renett Neal, L. E. Parrish, Wendell
Pierce, Lusta A. Prichard, Walter
Stansberry, Louis Williams.
Corporals: Miller E. Moseley, Jr.,
Henry Nash, Robert A. Spates,
George Young, Jacob Wesley, Dav-
id Lee Wright.
P. F. c. Walter Anthony, Rich
ard E. Daniel, John Henry Figgers.
Privates: Lawrence E. Brady,
Benjamin Bullock, King Harding
Crisler, William Crump, Clarence
c. Donald, Leonell Ellis, Leroy FL
lis, Bonnie D. Gardner, Jesse
James johnson, folly Johnson, Dan
iel M. Lee, Napoleon Lewis, Austin
c. Moore, George Washington
Moore, Robret Proctor, Ollie Scott,
Roscoe Simmons, Alfred Thomas,
Robert Thompson, Jupnius Verdine,
Percy Williams, Henry Cononge,
Navy, J. w. Hnter, Jr., Navy, Rob-
ert LeFlore, Navy. Aux. Edna A.
Fletcher, Aux. Gertie Marie Sad
Ter.
Secondary School
Sgt. Charles Howard, P. F. c.
Amos Matory. Privates: Joseph
Cotton, Shirley B. Matory, Frank
MCGEE, Herbert Pickett, Walter
Seaton, Anthony Romans, Navy.
Faculty Members: Sgt. J. o. B.
Mosely, Aux, Katherine J. Hunt
er.
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1943-03-06
GAS ALLOWED TO
DRIVE TO WORK

Car owners who drive to work
and do not get enough mileage
from their B ration book may now
get additional allowances-if they
show they cannot get to their
jobs any other way.
Applications must be made to To-
cal rationing boards and must full
fill the following conditions in adj
dition to needing more gas:
l. That driving is between home
and affixed place of work, in con-
nection with their principal occu-
patton.
2. That either ride-sharing ar
rangement has been made or that
the vehicle carries a full load, and
3. That alternative transportation
is inadequate.
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1943-03-06
NEGROES

Captain Hugh Mu1zac, of the Lib
erty Ship, Booker T. Washington, !"
for becoming the first Negro cap
tain of United States merchant
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1943-03-06
From The Office
OF Price
Administration
FOOD

BUTTER: Ceilings on butter re-
Gently set by Office of Price Admin
istration are expected to result in
unchanged or about one-cent a
pound lower prices at retail. For
Grade AA butter, packed in one
pound cartons or IA pound pieces,
maximum retail prices work out as
follows for these typical cities: SEC
a pound for Chicago, Fort Worth,
Dallas, st. Louis and Denver; SIC
for New Orleans, Birmingham,
Cleveland, Detroit, Cincinnati, New
York and Washington; SIC for San
Francisco and Atlanta
ALASKA SALMON: The Alaska
fishing industry has been assured
by Secretary of War Stimson that
large percentage of its equipment
chartered by the Army will be re-
turned in time for the fishing sea-
son.
MILK: Producers of milk which,
with the exception of meat, is the
largest single item in the average
family's food budget, have had a
nationwide emergency price ceiling
clapped on their commodity. Office
of Price Administration hopes by
this action to prevent further re-
tail milk price rises.
RICE: A more equal distribution
and possibly slight price saving
on rice is expected to result from
Office of Price Administration ac-
ton prohibiting the addition of
freight charges to ceiling prices.
BAKED GOODS: Increases of
from to Is percent can be expect
ed on the price of pies, pastries,
doughnuts, sweet yeast raised goods
and all cakes other than cookies.
Office of Price Administration has
allowed bakers this increase be-
cause of higher production costs.
ONIONS. POTATOES: When the
early season crop of onions and
potatoes gets into retail stores,
housewives can expect to find the
usual seasonal price increase on
these items, since Office of Price
Administration has allowed produc-
Continued on page two)
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1943-03-06
Mrs. Hudson To
Head Drive In
Laymen's Meet

According to an announcement
made this week by W. M. Gordon,
Chairman, Mrs. Sallie Hudson will
assume the craftsmanship of lay
mans Dedication Drive for March
IA 1913, at Central Methodist
Church in the place of Mrs. D. D.
Shepherd whose business respon-
sibilities prevents her from serving,
due to the absence of Mr.. D. D.
Shepherd, who is at Hot Springs,
Ark.
Mrs Hudson will be assisted by
Mrs. Elease Thomas.
1t is hoped and urged that the
public will give these ladies loyal
support.
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1943-03-06
Reddick Release
Annual Honor
Roll

One of the regular features of
Negro History Week is the issuance
of Roll of Honor composed of the
names of individuals, organizations
and institutions that have contrib
uted most during the perecidng
year toward improving race rela-
tons 'in terms Of real democracy.
The list of names is compiled by
DR.. Lawrence D. Reddick, curator
of the Schomberg Collection of Ne
gro Literature of the New York
Public Library. Whether or not
the custom of naming six white re-
cipients out of a total of eighteen
is rule, it does so happen that
both last year and this number have
been white Also whether or not
a person may be chosen twice in
succession, it does happen that none
who was named in 1912 appears in
the list of 1943. Only such ruling
as this latter would account for the
omission of several who were in
cluded in the 1912 Roll of Honor.
On the other hand one, Mark Eth
ridge, has fallen from grace" and
the Unknown Negro Messman"
who distinguished himself at Pearl
Harbor has been discovered in the
person of Doris Miller.
The list as it appeared recently
follows:
Whites: DR.. Franz Boas (died
Dec. 2D distinguished anthropolo-
gist, whose scientific sutdies have
done much to shatter the myrth of
race.
Wendell L. Wilkie, who has frank
ly spoken out for the rights of Ne
groes and the common man the
world over.
Warner Brothers, motion picture
studios, for In This Our Life" an
exceptional film in that it present
ed the Negro in a realistic and dig
nified role.
Lillian Smith, of Clayton, Ga, who
as editor of ''The South Today" has
maintained consistent liberalism
in land where it takes courage to
be liberal.
The National Maritime Union, for
supporting Captain Mulzac in his
fight for recognition and for its
uncompromising stand against ra-
cial discrimination in the employ
ment of its members.
The Survey Graphic, for its spe-
cial issue of last November, EMIT
led Color: Unfinished Business Of
Democracy"
NEGROES
Captain Hugh Mulzac, of the Lib
erty Ship, Booker T. Washington, Z
for becoming the first Negro cap
tain of a United States merchant
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1943-03-06
Taylor Hill

Taylor Hill Home Demonstration
Club reports accomplishments for
the month.
Sewing: Made IL dresses, IL slips,
5 skirts, two jenkins, one pair pill
low cases, four pair curtains, quilt
ed four quilts and made one quilt
top lining. Home improvements
include three new houses built in
the community, ceiled and painted
one room and cut yard hedges
Poultry members reported 80 baby
chicks Matched off. Magdalene
jenkins is club chairman.
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1943-03-06
JACKSON PROGRESSIVE LEAGUE
ELECTS OFFICERS FOR THIS YEAR
MANY BUSINESSES REPRESENTED = Earl,
BANKS NAMED PRESIDENT

Called by the retlrlng president,
]. H. Coates, the Jackson Negro
Business League met at the office
of the Security Life Insurance
Company, Monday night, March l,
and elected officers for 1913.
]. H. Coates opened the meeting
promptly at the appointed hour
800 p. m, and made brief state
ment of how the President of the
National Business League, and Ex-
ecutive Secretary flooded him with
letters, calling attention to the
need for active Leagues in every
city and community.
Pointing out that the National
Negro Business League, organized
by the late and lamented Booker
T. Washington in Boston, Mass, in
1900 along with other farsighted
Negroes as "a medium of express
ion and cooperation for Negroes en-
gagged in business, and for all in
terested in general Negro Pro-
gress," Mr.. Coates said that the
League has progressed continuous
ly for ~ years, and has been a boon
to Negro business progress and
ethics.
In 1889, J. H. Coates, George Cox,
Ben Olive, along with DR.. Fred
rick Patterson, Chairman of the
Steering Committee of the National
League, arranged that the Great
Service Magazine out of Tuske-
gee Institute, would be the formal
of the National Business League,
and each member paying National
League fee of two dollars and fifty
cents would also get an annual
subscription to the Great maya
zine; marvellous feat in itself.
Mr.. Coates read the rules and
regulations for Leagues and open
ed the meeting for membership
fees for local business establish
ments interest in progress of the
race.
Mr.. Coates paid the first ten dol
lore co.. :, L,,,eiy0o~.c ,,ooV,,toor~L;@ IL
paid for Coates Super Service Sta
ton on Parish and Griffith Streets
and Security Life Insurance Com
pany. DR.. A. H. Mccoy paid ten
dollars for his business interest
and Security; E. w. Banks paid ten
dollars for Peoples Undertaking
Company's interest; Allen Bowdry
paid ten dollars for City Cab Co.,
and the Shanty Cafe; Edd Lee paid
ten dollars for Mill & Oakley Cafe;
Mrs. NJ A. Collins paid five dol
lars for Frazier and Collins inter
est, and Willie ]. Miller paid ten
dollars for Mississippi Enterprise.
A total of sixty five dollars was col
lected in ten minutes, which re-
fleets great crdit on these bust
ness institutions that are interested
in Negro progress.
The public should note this fact
and patronize those who go ALL
OUT to serve the public.
After this part of the business
had been taken care of, the cleo
ton of officers for the League for
the year 1943, went into progress
and the following officers were
elected: Earl Banks, President;
Bernard Wade, e-President; A.
H. Mccoy, Secretary; Edd Lee, Di-
rector Refreshments; w. J. Miller,
Publicity Director; Claire Collins,
Gen. Adviser and Critic; Allen
Transportation Director,
and j. H. Coates, Executive Secre-
tary- Treasurer.
A committee on Bylaws and
Constitution was appointed to re-
port to the next meeting Friday
night, March IL, at the office of the
Peoples Funeral Home.