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Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1943-11-13
Negro Seabees
Play Big Part
In War On Jobs
Two Battalions
Now Ready To
Move Overseas

WASHINGTON, d. G. - (SNS)
- Two thousand Negro Seabees,
part of the 7,100 now in the Navy,
are building a wide variety OF
shore installations at overseas bases
They comprise the predominant per-
sonnet of two Construction Batta-
lions, one in the South Pacific and
one in the South Atlantic.
Two more Negro battalions are
ready TO move to undisclosed bases
overseas. At present these two bat
talions are receiving their final
training at the Advance Base De-
pot, Gulfport, Miss.
UNLOAD SHIPS
A Seabee Special Battalion COM
posed Of Negro personnel is on the
West Coast, at the Advance Base
Depot, Port Hueneme, Calf, from
where shortly it will embark to en-
gage in work for which it, along with
other similar battalions, is trained.
Three other battalious Of Negro
Seabee Specials are training at the
Naval Construction Training Cen
ter, Camp Peary, Williamsburg, Va,
while at the same camp a fifth reg
ular Construction Battalion Is lear
ming to fight preparatory to join
ing the other four Construction
Battalions in constructing the nav
al shore stations which support the
offensive,
These nine battalions, five regular
Construction Battalions and four
Specials, are the units to which the
7, 100 Negro Seabees belong.
TAUGHT TO FIGHT
The Negro Construction Batta-
lions, like all other battalions OF
Seabees, construct the varied and
difficult projects which make up
shore bases overseas. Like other bat
talions, they are trained to use the
rifle, the grenade, or the antiair-
craft gun.
Thus the first Construction Batta-
lion made up of Negro personnel
was sent to the Solomon Islands.
There, as a whole or split up into
detachments, it worked on Florida,
Gaadalcanal, Tulagf, and other is
lands.
The Navy Base Commander
praised the first Negro battalion in
letter TO Commander j. P. Mac
Bean, Jr., Civil Engineer Corps, U.
S. N. r., of Ligonier, Pa, officer in
charge of the battalion. "You pur-
sued your duties with perseverance
and attention to the objective of
doing fast, workmanlike job. Your
devotion to duty under adverse Wea-
Their conditions and enemy air act
ion has the deepest admiration of
the Commaner, Base" this sup
erior officer wrote.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1943-11-13
The Globe Trotter
Perfidious Word Juggling

NO BETTER PROOF could be
offered that the strategy of the
win the-war first" and 'be pat
lent" boys is very definitely wrong
than the latest foul blow dealt
the already badly battered Presi-
dents Committee on Fair Employ
ment Practices.
The word juggling decision of
Comptroller General Lindsey War
ren of the Justice Department
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1943-11-13
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Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1943-11-13
BY cliff Mackay

its important mission. Now it is
imperative that the President
again take action, if our whole war
machinery is not to be crippled by
Warren's order upholding the Nazi
philosophy of race which We and
our allies are pledged to destroy.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1943-11-13
No Senate Action On Army
jim, Cro,u Probe Is Expected

said, however, that letter and other
material coming into the office
and dealing with the subject are
all kept and file is being COM
piled to be used when the 1esolu-
ton gets MOVING.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1943-11-13


they shall not practice discrimi-
nation along racial lines.
AN ORDER NOT AN ORDER?
Handing down decision in
the case of the Southwestern Bell
Telephone Company, which refused
to give a guarantee, the North
Carolinian, whose pat boast was
that as long as he was congress
man no Negro would ever dine In
the house restaurant, contended
that the Presidents order was
not an order, and that shall" did
not mean must whenever a
contractor threatened to refuse to
accept war contracts if the govern
ment guarantee was insisted upon.
Seeking further by this foul
back-dOOr method to nullify
the pronounced governmental
employment policies, Warren
by making compliance wholly
voluntary would remove the
last remaining mOlars from the
already virtually toothless jaws
of the FEPC.
Says he: 1T seems that the
most that can be accomplished by
government contracting agencies
in carrying out the national policy
of non-discrimination in the en-
ployment of workers as declared by
the President is to secure the assent
of contractors to such provisions
wherever and whenever possible"
WOULD KNIFE FEPC
Thus by this order, handed down
by an obviously prejndiced public
officer, presuming to usurp powers
that are not rightfully bis, our
oppressors would again make a
desperate attempt to snuff out
the life of the only federal agency,
created for tie specific purpose of
bringing about economic justice
for all Americans.
They won two rounds when
they succeeded in having the
agency placed under the smoth-
ering wing OF the War Manpow-
er Commission and brought
about the cancellation Of the
first scheduled railroad hear
ings last January.
But they lost when the President
/ re-activated the dying FEPC and
gave It new strength to carry on
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1943-11-13
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Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1943-11-13

nations enemies abTOau.
Plainly it reveals to those among
us as well as those of the opposite
race whose advice is to be pat
lent" that the willy opponents OF
orr progress are certainly not
being patient and fatuously con-
tented with things as they are.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1943-11-13
WORKING OVERTIME

They are working overtime to
unrnercilessly beat us back from
the slight advances grudgingly ac-
corded us under the. war emer-
gency. They are plotting. scheming,
conspiring late at night to recon-
struct the few color barriers that
have crumbled, to reinforce those
they sense are in danger Of totter-
ing.
witness the effort OF War
rem. former North Carolina
congressman, to knife the FEPC
by placira 2 twisted interpre-
tation on what the President
meant IN his Executive Order
9346, which forms the legal
basis for all action by the conn
nittee.
The Presidents order directs all
government purchasing agents to
demand guarantees from firms and
aeir ub-contractors doing BUSH
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1943-11-13

ness with the government, that
they shall not practice discrirni-
nation along racial lines.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-10-07
1T. ENANshs

1T. ENANshI 1T. NEWELL
Seph Campau; Marion G. Hendrix,
SAP Mt. Elliott; Leo G. Roumps,
1860 Hilton; Max ii. NentimegliO,
1908 Marcus; Ira Il. Medley, 924
HaZelwood Charles III. Drury,
1913 Fourth; Richard ID. Secon-
tine, 1894 r.. Grand Blvd; Robert
j. Russell. 1854 FarnSworth; DON
aid l.. Murray. 1174l Edlie; Lorel
+. Ardune, 633 Prentis; Walter G..
WOlford, 1884 FarnSworth: Ed
ward H. komendera, 64S1 Mt.
Elliott; EllwOod j. Half, 439 Sell
den; Henry X. Rogers, 6l63 Bel
Vdere; Junior o. Easterly, 6l92
Canton; Delbert NJ. Burtch, 5S44
Fourth; Cecil a. Steckley, CSC
DreNel. AnZO Paparelli, PCS Jose
phine; James 4. Obey, 1l19 Stan
Icy; Oswin II. Wagner. 1903
Annott; Harry Il. Matthews, 1867
y. Clarendon. Patrick j. Shewell,
4l53 Third Jack r.. Beatty, 505l
Whitheld: Theodore L. Dybalski,
$3.50 Trombly, James \. Willsie,
500 Clairmount: Arthur &. Buff
fington, 5l36 Lincoln; Lester III.
Fowler, 10630 Balfour; Jack Nor
gan, 2O00 Gran River; Ernest =.
Parish. 1886 Twelfth. Samuel j.
RiZZO. 1922 FaircreSt.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-10-07
Service Notes:

lIarilngcn, Tex arn1y 7er7.
gunnery school and spence Fold
Ga. AAF single euGpe, p..ai
school arc turning out ucw classes
Of nlerS 10 tackle the JapS and
Max
Al Harrington flexible EuDnCry
grads arc Aviation Cadets Albert
II. ToAn~end, 1927 liolCo W b..
Joseph X. Lampron, -O0Ol And
over, Pic, William o, Decker -oi1
J.. Palmer, Detroit. ANc>. Robert
II. Schwabe. Lansing Carl r.
NaiSauen, Aura Robert VI ~hupc,
PICrSC0 Robert u. ~Wartf. White
Pigeon. AT spence Flrid pilots
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-10-07

arc. second IT.. Kenneth g..
Larsen, 1864 Sio}CriaWn James
p. Presley, l5Nf Seward William
-. De Cam, pas IN4Lotson he
trof. William =. Newell 12@63
Michigan, Dearborn Harold \.
E,sn>la. a. Ch4rch, highland
Park. ....
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-10-07
SerNee Noes
Aerial (SUHReE'S Graduated

performance Of duty on a Shelled
and burning shin. Pvt. Lex. \.
Brannen, 444 :. BaySide, good
CONDUCT medal. central .Seeuy'ty
district California.
The navy has openings for cleo
trcai officers. Men 10 10 50 years
of age with a degree IN electrical
engineering or physics with Spe-
cIalzcd study in electronicS or at
least 10 years experience IN cleo
tUCal engineering are eligible.
Applicants inquire al naval pro-
curcmcnt office, Book Tower
Building
Second 1t. Irving kaufman,
lOl2S Hart Huntington Woods,
has been made a flying instructor
al the advanced single engine
pilot school, Spence Air Field, Ga.
On furlough-Pfc. Ray Bullock,
29l4 Wabash, army base San
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-10-07

Give
Your Feet An
Ice-Mint Treat
Get Happy Cooling Relief For
R,frnipg 4 sIiouse,--pta Snrinq an Your 8

Don't Fr0Bn shout tired. burning feet
Don't moan about raliouses. Cot busy and
Eive them e. loe-Nigt treat , eel The come
forfrr soothing cor.ucss a. lcc.Nint drive
irr out fiery burning Aching tlreduess.
Egb lCc-Nrt over those ugiy hUrc Old
CONS and cailnasCs ~ directed. See how
white. cream-iike Ice-Minj hclps soften
them up Get foot happy today the ice
Mint way, lqur druggist Las lce-MlL1-
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-10-07

Medal Awards stan sgt. Fran
els G.. Dolson, 4226 Nenoy, Wayne,
Wr medal, for participation in five
European AIR raids: 1t. Comdr.
Robert ". Curtis, ll4S5 Sanford.
.LLN.L. Aill. rnnH4l I'm, comm crnnlIc
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-10-07


To Sergeant-Cpl. William ID.
Morgan Jr.. 5266 Chatsworth. Eu-
ropean army; Cpl. Richard ID.
Lindsay, 1900 Calvert, South Pa
clfic Marines.
To corporal-Pfc. Edward Geha,
1922 La Sale. Carlsbad AAF.
To techniCian. 4th grade-Tech.
Wilbur l.. Bange, 91S Lenox, Fort
Custer.
To technicians, 9Th grade-Pfc.
Edgar j. Downing. 1855 DECKER
son, Carlsbad AAF; Pvt. Salvatore
A. ZombO, 1856 Cadillac, Camp
Hood, Tex.
To privateS. LIST class: Pvts.
Joseph j. Doherty, 5732 Sheridan;
James w. Bradley, 2440S +. Lam
brecht; Steve T. STRAIT, 1925 Du-
rand; Henry G. Levy, 1889 Glen
dale, KeeSler Field, Miss.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-10-07

Francisco; Pvt. Fred Felix, 1880
Trowbrldge. Camp Rucker, Ala :;
1t. Gig George w. Panogos, 29l4
LycaSte, L. $. destroyer; Pfc. Pat
rick O'Leary, 15745 Twelfth, Rose
Grams FIefd, Mo: Cadet Edward
r. Madigsn. 1885 Twelfth, Lafa-
yette College, Pa, army corps
school.
PROMOTIONS
To Captaln-Ben q. Wright,
Saginaw, Mitchell Field. n. Y.
To technical Scrgeant-Sgt.
Joseph W. Mauterer, 798 Coplin,
South Pacific
To staff sergeant Sgt. Walter
G. Haines, Hermansville, Carls.
bad. n. NJ. AAF.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-10-07
REPORTING NAVY

Farraught, O.. training station,
John NJ. Newell. 25S Rhode
Island, Highland Park; Anthony
ii. Abbate, 1886 Anderson Robert
w. Burd. 1853 Oregon; Henry p.
Defour, 2230 Baldwin; Thomas J..
Forest, 1882 Lauder; Carl r..
Miller, 1910 Cherrylawn; George
w. Nowsske. 12649 Kilbourne.
Great Lakes GllD training
school: Harold r. Davis, 290S Jo-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-03-08
JAPANESE ADMIT
 DESTROYERSLOSS
Ry United Press


 Japanese imperial headquarters today announced the loss of two de- stroyers, Ave transports and seven planes in the New Guinea Solomons area between Fob. 10 and March B. Japan's first admission of losses during the period that included the battle of the Bismarck sea.
 The cominunique, broadcast by Tokyo radio, said Japanese forces in the area shot down il3 Allied planes, destroyed II others on the ground and sank four submarines during the same period.
 Japanese lost In the battle of the Bismarck sea alone, from March 2 to 5, 10 warships and l2 transports sunk and 82 planes destroyed or dis- abled, according to a communique from Gen. Douglas Macarthur.
 Tn addition, the Navy department In Washington announced on Satur- day that a '. s. task force on Fri- day night (March 6) sank two Jap- anese destroyers in the southern solomons during a bombardment of enemy alg bases at Munda, New Georgia island, and Villa, on nearby Kolombangara island.
 The Japanese com m un ique claimed that the seven planes lost all "crash-dived into their objec- tiVes."
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-03-08
No Rivalry Between
 War Fund C Committees
Ncw England Community Chest Executives Hear Work OlNatlOnal Groups Lauded at New York Conference

regarded as tho rivals of peace agencies, The community social services which will continue when the war is over must not come to that period weakened by poor a. nanclng or disrupted by the dis. fractions of war. Indeed most Of them are even now under greater pressure than before. What visiting nurse association, for example, does not have heavier burdens laid upon it when 90 many nurses have gone to war, when 90 many families have moro than one member working, leaving no ono to care for the sickP What day nursery in any industrial center does not find itself faced with larger tasks as the number of mothers working In war industries lEereases2 Tho load upon hospitals grows, though their stafIs are de- ploted. So, with each community service, the need ls greater than bee fore.
 There is no competition between tho war agencies and the permanent community agencies: to assert there Is would b0 to set up false com. petition between our allies and our- selves, or between tho service man ard his own family. To make any choice among them would be absurd. All are vital to victory in war and to tho nations morale. it would not help the service man to give him comforts if no felt his family was being neglected. We must take thought of both and Of tho allies who aid thom both.
 United Action
 Thofe is every reason, therefore, that the National War Fund, as it gathers money for war agencies, should cooperate actively and fully in joint efforts to finance the local social agencies. Their needs are SO great; !t is essential that they enter the postwar period effective and strong in order to meet tho strains that will surely como with demoblls isatlon, tho tensions and the dlfn- eultles that are inevitable in tho reaction after tho war.
 ~ Huo bvVH ttiv fIHeEtChR pEhHs elplo that in union is strength. it has been the American Ideal to achieve that union without loss Of identity, looking upon federal union aS stronger than q unified state, and looking upon cooperation as better than consolidation. The National War Fund expresses this ideal. It does not dictate programs to any Of tho agencies which cooperate, but confines It's efforts to tho federation Of the energies Of tho various agen- GlcS, to tho cooperation of their friends, to the democratic mobilIgas ton of tho people Of America in their support and looks not only to victory In tho war but to the long. term interests Of tho peace. Tn Gn unique way it combines tho Amer lean genius for organization, the American capacity for economy, and the American tradition of phNan. thropy,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-03-08


 The Russians thus were rolling forward along on arc north, florth- east and east of SmolenSk at Q bet. ter than four.village-nn-hour pace despite bllzSards and deep snow,
 Other Soviet forces captured strongly. ly.fortihed town on tho aps breaches to Staraya Russian below Lake linen on the northwestern front and pounded closer to the main Bryansk .KioV railroad at q point west of sevsk 30 miles north. west of KurSk.
 The Sovoiet offenSives southwest of Voroshilovgrad and before Ia ganrog on the Sea of Azov were stalled by deep mud and stiff re. sistance. Tho nidsday communique said the Germans threw large in. fantry forces and co tanks into c counter-atta southwest of Voro- shilovgrad. only to lose 1000 men and i2 tanks and be obliged to re- treat to their initial positions.
 Tn tho fighting west and north- west of dzhatsk, one Soviet unit alone killed some 400 German offl. cors and men before occupying 0 town, the mid.day communique said.
 Tn another sector" the com- munique said, "our detachinents pen etrated tho enemy's rear. Threatened by encirclement, the enemy retreated in disorder"
 South of Olenino more than 600 Germans were killed and seven guns and B trench mortars destroyed by Russian forces that captured the six strongly fortified points.
 "The Soviets are dealing the ene- my heavy blows and pursuing him relentlessly, not giving him an op- portunity to consolidate in new po- sitions," the high comamnd said.
 The Russian drive toward Vyazma and Smolensk was reported greatly facilitated by the capture of Gzhatsk Saturday. The city was the easternmost stronghold of the Germans on the central front and ss tl.G ;I1cttor: C. highways radiat- ing to Vyazma, Yuschnov, Sychev- ka and Karmanova.
 Its capture by the Germans on October 13, l94l, enabled their Panzer divisions to make a light. ming break-through to Mozhaisk to the east and the Soviets now were expected to achieve a similar break through to Vyazma to the west.
 Forty to 60 heavily -timbered ar- tillery emplacements studded every square mile of terrain around GzIlatsk, front dispatches said, while great mine fields further pro- tected the approaches.
 The Russians virtually encircIed the town after the German com- mander sent part of his forces to deal with Soviet troops advancing along the Vyazna- -Rzhev railroad to the northwest. Two battalions of endorsements were rushed into Gzhatsk by the Germans, but they arrived too late to save it.
 The final Soviet attack came at 3 a. m. Saturday, and occupation was completed four hours later. West of Sevsk. an isolated Ger man garrison which attempted to hold up the Soviet advance was annihilated. the midday commit nique said. Tn another sector of this front. the Russians repulsed an Axis counter-attack and. pur- suing the beaten enemy, captured a large inhabited place. Five hun- dred enemy dead were counted on the battlefield.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-03-08
THREE JAP SHIPS
 SUNK IN ABINGDON
10th American Air Force Planes Successful in
 South Burma Raid

Now Delhi, March 3---tUP)-Threc Japanese merchant vessels have been sunk or damaged In the Ran- goon river in southern Burmn by planes of the Tenth American Air Force, Q headquarters coinmunlque said today.
 "A b000-ton cargo ship was ro- ported resting on tho bottom Of the rived at Elephant Point from action not previously reported" tho com. muniqte said. "On March 0 c for- nation of heavy bombers attacked two other ships in the river south Of Rangoon.
 "Ohe. 400 feet in length, received one and possibly two direct hits, Near hits were claimed on the Ree- ond ship, 300 feet in length. The extent of the damage is not known Rt present."
 An enemy landing field at PagodG Point was damaged by low altitude attack, while Q second bomber for. nation attacked docks ct Moulmein, approximately 100 miles BoutheBat of Rangoon, from Q low altitude.
 4 third bomber formation at. tackled Myitnge bridge, south Of MAndalay, which tho Japanese nre ceaselessly seeking to repair, dam aging approaches to the brldgehead.
 "Ail of our aircraft returned safely" the eonmunique said.
 Royal Air Force BlenheimS, eS. eorted by fighters, yesterday ats lacked Auktaungbyin, approximately 70 miles north Of Akyab, in western Burma, Q British colnmunique said,
 Japanese planes were reported over tho Rathedaug area, northwest of Akyab yesterday but there were no reports of casualties or damage,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-03-08
RAYON STOCKING
 PRICES FACE CUT

Washington, March 8 - U.P) - The price of rayon stockings will be reduced five to 40 cents a pair next month. the Office of Price Admin istration said today, resulting in an estimated saving Of $50,000, 900 q year to American women.
 OPA said that along with the new price ceilings, to go into effect April IS, stockings made to OPA stand ards will continue features designed to lengthen their life.
 Representative of the reduction !n prices Is the "42 gauge full fashion, ed' stockings now selling from 89 cents to $1. After April l5. the price will range from 75 cents to 04 cents. Stockings now selling at $l to $i.l5 will sell for 8l cents to 92 cents. and stockings selling at $l.i5 to $1.35 will retail at from 03 cents tO $l05 a pair. Bare leg" stockings now selling for 50 cents to $l will sell at 47 cents to 53 cents.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-03-08

nc relationships which win exc Mt between the National War Fund sHd the local War Chest, now being oTNnnlBed, were outlined today in a statement made by winthrop W, Ndfich, president of the National war Fund, Inc, at c conference ot tho Association of New England Community Chests & Councils being held in New York city. The text of Aar. Aldrich's statement follows.
 Tha National War Fund has been eEganlzed under slngularly happy elrcumstances, for it represents tho harmonlous meeting Of two impor. tant lniluences-th general public en the one hand and the govern. ment on the other.
 Efficient
 This undertaking springs, first of ail, from the desire Of tho country at large for m economical, and eth. clent way of carrying forward the agencies of peace and war philan- thropy.
 Thc American people arc sener. uus. It might even be said that NlOy are generous to . fault. Yet they want their gifts to be not merely wRrm-hearted but intelli- gent. They want assurance that hte oauses Co which they give ar0 worthy and that the distribution of the funds they supply bears some roaS. enable relationship to tho relative moods Of tho various agencies.
 All over the country, therefore, ther0 has been rising an inslstent demand for united effort, for COG eFdinAted giving, for proper budget. ina, and for efficient methods. The Foundations of this movement rest upon tho community chests which lfl the last quarter of q century have cone 90 much to achieve those obs iectlvos upon c local level, whose eifoFts have for many years been 90 effectively eoordinated through Community Chests and Councils,
 We arc not fighting this war alone; the lives of our sons and brothers arc dependent upon tho skill, upon tho bravery, upon tho faitheulness, Of our Allies, Those Allies 1.-Two In the very theater of war, while we aro protected from bombing, shielded from the deStruc. ton of our cities, and saved from the dislooatlon of the essential services os production, tranSportas ton and communication. They bear burdens wo are not called upon to share directly; but wo can help them with our gifts. The principle of tho United Nations can Do achieved only If the cooperation Of our own Army and Navy with those Of otIR Allies and the Identity of our publlD interest with the public ins teFest of our Allies are recognized and implem0nted. If VIC do not bFing F0llef Co our Allies with full and free cooperative effort, We ifns pair tho political unity without WhlGh military unity, even though Haccassful, would be fFultleBs. The National War fund, therefore, seeks D united effort upon tho part Of all hhe agencies to express those warm human gympathIeS and those phil- anthgopie impulses which mean so much in oemeting the friendship Of aAtlens.
 No Rivalry
 As tho war and peace are eontins aous, the one flowing out of tho btheF, it becomes evident that tho gar agencies should iFl no sense be