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Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1943-07-31

women to enter the navy auxiliary.
and on which occasion they are re-
ported to have shown unanimous
agreement that segregated basis
will be undesirable.
Informed of this development by
the AMP and that one or two
southern colleges had offered their
campuses to the navy for training
purposes, White declared:
Negroes must be unSparing in
their condemnation of any college,
group or individual which, to help
themselves financially or otherwise,
assists the navy in jim-c Growing col
ored WAVES"
The group of eight women of ma
tional reputation who conferred
with Commander McAfee were
pledged to remain unidentified
and to give no comment on the dis
cussion which lasted three and a
half hours on Wednesday after
noon. Privately, it is learned how
ever, that Commander McAfee
sought to discount the impression
that the department had already
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Insanity Plea
Rejected; Youth
Gets Sentenced

CORINTH, Miss - Following
the rejection of a plea of insanity
interpoSed in his behalf bv his
attorneys, w. Sweat and Carey
Stovall, Sidney Newsome, II year
old Negro youth was sentenced to
death in the electric chair here
last week. Judge j. H Saunders
presiding, fixed the date OF execu-
ton, August 10th.
The ollth was tried and con-
victed on charges involving fifty
robberies and five criminal as
saults which he is alleged to have
committed during criminal ca
reer of several years duration in
this community. The jury re-
turned the guilty verdict after de-
liberating an hour and fifteen
minutes.
James Majors. another youth,
implicated in a statement by New
some was not indicted and is ex-
pected to be released IS soon as
his safety is assured. Both youths
had been held in the Kinds Cpun-
ty Jail al Jackson pending trial.
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Ask Investigation Of
Albany Draft Board

which states that managing edi-
tors and other essential employees
of newspapers are eligible for con-
sideration for deferment. SearleS
was refused deferment, being IN
Quoted into the Army the first week
in June.
DRAFTED IN REVENGE?
Prior to Searles' induction, he
stated his belief that the speed
with which he was given re-clasSi-
fication grew out Of the exposure by
his newspaper of the midnight alb
duction and lynching of Robert
Bobby Hall at Newton, Georgia,
on January 20.
According to G. A. Scott, further
evidence shows that the Albany
local board attempted to intimi-
date the man that Editor Searles
left to carry on his paper by
sending police after him and
threatening to put the FBI on him
and the paper because Of the
Boards displeasure with an article
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ATLANTA, Ga. - (SNS) -
Colone. James N. Keelin, Jr.,
Director of the Selective Service
of Georgia, Saturday was called
upon to investigate the Albany
(Ga.0 Draft Board No. l, which is
believed to have shown prejudice
in the Army induction of Editor A.
c. Searles. of the Southwest Geor-
gian, an Albany weekly newspaper.
The request for investigation
came from c. A. Scott, Southern
Vice president of the Negro News
paper Publishers Association and
general manager of the Atlanta
Daily WORLD.
Searles' case was recently dis
cussed with members of a COM
mittee of the press association
which met recently In Washing
ton. 1t was contended at this con-
ference and at the annual asso-
citation meeting in Louisville, KY,
that Searles was eligible for q
deferment under Selective Service
Occupational Bulletin Number ~,
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Rail Trainmen Send
Plea To President

" McNutt, chairman of the Man.
power Commission; General Lew
is B. Hershey, director of Selective
Service. and Charles e. Houston,
general counsel of the Association.
The nations Chief Executive was
asked to give his official support
in seeing to it that his Fair En-
ployment Practice Committee hold
hearings on grievances of the Me-
gro trainmen September 1877.
Text of the Associations letter
to President Roosevelt follows:
1.-THE International Association OF
Railway Employees, Inc. a ma
tional railway labor union of Ne,
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WASHINGTON

WASHINGTON (ANP) -
Aimed to kill off an Influence that
may result in the establishment OF
a jim-crow set-up in the WAVES
when Negro women are permitted
to enroll, Walter White, NAACP ex-
ecutive secretary, has called for
"unsparing' condemnation of those
groups and individuals who have
been proposing certain colleges in
the south as training sites should
the time come.
Whites statement came a day at
ter a group of Negro women had
quietly conferred with Commander
Mildred McAfee of the WAVES on
the subject of permitting Negro
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1943-07-31
Give Attention
To Riots: FDR

WASHINGTON (SNS)- Presi-
dent Roosevelt wednesday asked
the Attorney General and heads Of
several other governmnt agcnces
tc give special attention to the
problem Of race riots.
Representative Marcantorio
(Amerjcan Labor, New York; wrote
the President about riots in 3eau-
mount, Texas and Detroit and the
Chief Executive informed the
New York representative of his in
structions to the federal agencies
Mr.. Roosevelt told Marcanton-
10 he shared his feeling that the
recent outbreaks OF violence in
widely scattered parts OF the
country trdanger our national
unity and comfort our enemies"
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Dentist, Publisher And Insurance Man
Held On Federal Gas Violation Charges

DR.. A H. Mccoy, prominert
dentist and businessman, Willie j
Miller, Editor and Publisher OF
the Mississippi Enterprise. anc J
H. Coates, former Assistant Agen-
cy Director Ct the Universal OF
the Universal Life TnSrr- nee Co
and recently, General Manager of
the Security Life in5urancc Com.
pany. were among fourteen per-
sons for whom warrants were is
sued here last week upon charges
OF violation II the Federal Case.
line Ration:ng Regulations
Last Saturday, six of those list
ed appeared voluntarily tefore U.
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By GORDON De LEIGHBOR

By GORDON DE LEIunDON
DETROIT - (SNS) = A golden
idyll of love, born on campuses OF
two Atlanta colleges, nurtured
through an exchange Of love letters
over a distance of 1000 miles and
supposed to have reached a climax
with the marriage OF the two lovers,
ended in disillusic nment for at
least two persons last week when
the groom to-be was married to
another woman in Toledo at the
very moment the intended bride
was choosing gowns for her brides
maids.
Virtually deserted at the altar
was Miss Elizabeth Ruth Patton,
of Atlanta, whose engagement to
the Rev. Robert Clarence Wynn,
assistant pastor of Scott Methodist
Church, was announced by her sis
ter, Miss Flora Bell Thornton, r.
NJ, two months ago. The tragic cli-
max to the romance has left Miss
Patton stricken with grief.
SOLDIER DISAPPOINTED
AND the second party 2 whom
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LAUNCH FIRST u. S. WARSHIP
NAMED IN HONOR OF NEGRO
DESTROYER ESCORT
HARMON SPONSORED
BY HERO'S Mother

WASHINGTON = (SNS) - The first United States
warshp named in honor of Negro the Destroyer Escort
Harmon launched Sunday from the Fore River yard
of the Bethlehem Steel Company of Quincy Mass The SIS
Harmon 300foot vessel named for the late Leonard
Roy Harmon Mess Attendant First Glass, u S. N, who
binary herosm while aboard the USS San Francisco dur
ing action against enemy Japanese forces in the Battle of
Guadacanal November IL and 13, 1912
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The shooting started after two
Sanders Brothers Killed dog
owned Ey smith Younger after
the;' ofe alleged to have found
the dog in their field tearing
down an deating their corn. Dur
ing the shooting Younger, his
son and the two Sanders brothers
were injured. Neither of the men
was seriously injured although one
OF che Sander was hir twice dur
ing the shootiil.
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4 Shot In Argument
Over Dog Killed
For Eating Corn

RAYMOND, Miss - Four men,
members of two we'll known ard
successful farm families here Wera
shot in an argument arising over
the killing of a dog here Satur-
day evening. Following the snoot-
ing all of the injured were arrest
ed by Deputy Sheriff Jones
but were later released on bond
with preliminary hearing set for
Saturday July 3lst, before Justice
OF the Feacc, Davis.
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White Asks Colleges Not
To Train Jim Croy WAVES

approved a plan for the enlistment
of Negro women. This had been re-
ported in the press earlier. A
stream of protests is understood
to have been registered that
may have had the effect Of soaring
them off the plan.
The point of view said to have
been taken by the group is that
segregated unit is froWned upon
completely by them, nor do they
look with favor upon training for
the women anywhere in the south,
since the humiliations and ill-treat-
ment now accorded Negro men in
the army would only find duplica-
ton. OF course, they did not re-
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R. C. Cooper, Well-known Business Man,
Under $1,000 Bond In ExtOrtiOn Plot

r. C. Cooper. well known local
business man, operator of a popu-
lar cafe at the corner of Rose and
Lynch Streets, was arrested here
last week by F'BI on a charge of
attempting to extort $4,000 from
Tom Suits, wealthy Yazoo Coun-
ty Gilman. and impersonating
federal officer.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1943-07-31
Pretty Young Matron Stabbed To Death By
Man; Husband Is Away On Defense Job

BRANDON, Miss Mrs. Rebecca
Wells, pretty young married wom-
an, a member of a prominent and
widely known Rankin County
family was stabbed to death by
another man ct her home here
Saturday while her husband,
Johnnie Wells was out of town
working on a defense job The
pretty matron was stabbed
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1943-07-31
By WILLIAM A. FOWLKES

ATLANTA, Georgia-(S N 81
President Roosevelt was called up
on Wednesday by the international
Association of Railway Employees
to use his influence to wipe out
the color bar to Negro employment
as locomotive firemen and train
men 80 that the burdens of the
war and the chance to contribute
to the war effort may rest equally
on all elements of the population. !"
The letter to the chief executive
was drafted during the closing
hours of the Association meeting
in the Butler Street YMCA We'd
nesday. Copies wers sent to Paul
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through the heart and in the
lower stomach and died shortly
after She was wounded.
According to reports before she
died she remarked to relatives who
arrive shortly after her assailant
had escaped Robert has killed
me- There were no eye witnesses
to the crime leading to belief
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PRIVATE LEVI BRANDON
DIES ON GALLOWS

FORT LEAVENWORTK, Kansas
- (SNS) - Private Levi Brandon,
Kansas City, Kansas, soldier, con-
victed by a military court OF at
lacking 17-year-old white wait
ress last New Years morning, was
executed on the gallOws Monday at
the military post
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The arrest of Cooper is report
ed to have been the outcome of
bis supposed efforts on behalf of
Hosey Suits, son of the Gilman,
who married his daughter several
weeks ago. According to reports
FBT agents called at Coopers
Cafe in an effort to locate young
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Detroit Mayor
And Prosecutor
Opposing Move
Labor. Interracial
Committee Pushing
For Investigation
BY T. JOHN WOOD

DETROIT, Mich. -(ANP)-Add-
ed impetus to demands for a grand
Jury investigation of causes and
circumstances of the recent race
riot. demands made by the MAYORS
Interracial committee last week
and which Prosecutor William E
Bowling said he would hesitate 10
heed unless the committee submits
more evidence may come from
organized labor, it was learned
from reliable labor quarters this
week.
A spokesman for the uAW-CIO
said this week that the Go is
ready to push demands for grand
jury investigation, and also SUBJ
NIT much of the evidence Prose
cutor Bowling said he was in
need of but, ne added, the Clio is
waiting for further petitions Tor
an investigation to come from the
community through civic groups
and Negro leaders.
Bowling, who said he would
hesitate to call a one-man grand
Jury Investigation of the race
riots which resulted In IS deaths,
Is which are still unsclved, de-
clared that an extensive investi-
cation by seven agencies under
Gov Kelly's Fact Finding Com
mittee had failed to turn UP any
evidence which would warrant the
calling of grand jury. THESE
agencies, he said, are the FBI. the
army intelligence service the state
police the Detroit police and in
Vestigators from the attorney gen.
erals office.
CLIO FAvORS INVESTIGATION
An international representative
of the UWA-CIO said that while
the CLIO favors grand jury in
vestigation, it is opposed to q one
man grand jury. He said that 1t
is the opinion of the CIO that only
a % man grand jury can carry
On an adequate investigation and
get at the causes of the riot.
The CIO representative also
said that r. J. Thomas, in con-
ference with President Roosevelt
last week, talked with the Presi-
dent about the riot and its causes
and pointed out to President
Roosevelt that an investigation is
imperative if occurrences of the
June 81 riot ere to be averted.
Thomas was also reported to nave
demanded action by the attorney
general who has ignored reports
of fifth column acvitiy in Dertolt
MAYOR OPPOSED TO PROBE
It is believed here that Mayor
Jeffries and Prosecutor Downing
are opposed to a grand jury lnvestl-
CATION for the same resaon, namely,
that such an investigation would
reveal further support to charges
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Mrs. Naunita Harmon Carroll, OF
Cuero, Texas, mother of the hero
was sponsor for the new vessel. Mrs.
Carroll had as her attendants, her
daughters, Miss Pauline Mabry
Harmon, a war worker In the Air
Service Command at San Antonio,
Texas, and Mrs. Constance Elaine
Harmon Edwards of FL Paso, Texas.
Mrs. Carroll was also accompanied
by her husband, William D. Carroll,
principal of the Hudspeth County
Training School. The sponsoring
party also included Mr.. and Mrs.
Gustave M. Solomon of Cambridge,
Mass. Mr.. Solomon, an electrical
engineer and graduate of Massa-
chusetts Institute of Technology, is
the highest ranking Negro employ
ed by the Bethlehem Yards. He is
a technician at the Fore River
Plant.
GIVEN SILVER BOWL
Following the launching, Mrs.
Carroll was presented with silver
bowl, inscribed in memory of the
occasion, by Edward G. Geehr, as
sistant manager, on behalf OF the
shipyard.
A reception was also given the
sponsoring party in the company's
dining room. High ranking navy Of
ficials, headed by Rear Admiral
Harold T. Smith, supervisor OF ship
building at the Fore River Lard,
also attended.
Proudly wearing he'll nero sons
Navy Cross, Mrs. Carroll cried a
bit as she smashed the bottle OF
champagne and said, Il christen
thee Leonard Roy Harmon" But
she was less emotional after the
launching as she told of her sons
efforts to enter the Navy. He was
turned down at first, she said, be-
cause he had a heart murmur,"
but he kept coming back to the En-
listing Station until he was finally
accepted after the fourth try. He
was 26 at the time of his death, and
had served four years in the service.
He was at Pearl Harbor on Deem
Der Z, 1941, and saw service in sew
eral other engagements
Mrs. Harmon is also proud Of the
work of her other son, Cornelius
White Harmon, employed at the
Naval Bas e at Corpus Christi, Tex
She herself was formerly public
school tea cher.
TEXT OF CITATION
The text of the citation accom-
tine posthumous award of
the Navy Cross to Harmoll is as
follows:
For extraordinary heroism while
serving aboard the USS San Fran
cisco during action against enemy
Japanese forces in the Solomon Is
lands area on November IL and Is,
1912. With persistent disregard for
his own personal safety, Harmon
rendered Invaluable assistance in
caring for the wounded and evac-
uating them to dressing station.
In addition to displaying unusual
loyalty in behalf Of the injured Ex-
ecutive Officer, he deliberately ex-
posed himself to hostile gunfire in
order to protect a shipmate and as
a result Of this courageous deed,
was killed in action. His heroic
spirit of self-sacrifice, maintained
above and beyond the call Of duty,
Continued on Back Page)
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MAYOR OPPOSED TO PROBE

It is believed here that Mayor
Jeffries and Prosecutor bowling
are opposed to a grand jury investl-
CATION for the same resaon, namely,
that such an investigation would
reveal further support to charges
Continued on Back Page
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AND the second party 2 whom
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1943-02-25
Filing Of Your 1912
Income Made Eusy

In preparing your income tax for
the year 1912 many potters 10 doubt
will solicit the aid of tax experts in
filling out their returns. Let us help
YOU make your tax return. No wait
ing, no wasting of time. Simply
answer all questions that apply to you
in our ad on page three of this issue
of the Herald and mail to us together
with $500. Your complete form show
ing the amount Of tax YOU must pay
will be returned to you promptly. Mail
to "INCOAlE TAN ASSOCIATION'
Room ;, Meredith building East Liver
pool, Ohio.
After YOU have signed and dated the
return we will fill out for YOU, place
it together with your cheek or money
order (do not send CASH in an en-
velope addressed to The Collector of
Internal Revenue, Cleveland, Ohio, and
mail ii before March -, l943-Adv
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A. F. L. Endorses
(Coniinued From Page One)

tribute to the Red Cross fund this year
and we call upon all local and state
ORGANIZATIONS of the American Fed
Grafton of Labor 10 give the drive their
organized support. We note with ap-
proval that United Nations Relief has
pledged the cooperation of its naiiona
and regional Offices i'm soliciting Contri'
buttons from union members and THAI
arrangements have been made to re-
cord all such donations in the name OF
the union designated by the donors.
Federation of Labor spoke for Labor
at this hearing. Hannah pointed out
that experiments had proved that
when women worked too long hours,
over long period of time, production
decreased rather han increased.
Hannah told also of the deterioration
of home life when the wife and mother
is away from home too long. Juvenile
delinquency increases for the same
reason he said, and emphasized that
the social dangers involved in :. Il.
lGb were lilali!
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1943-02-25
FRANK HOLlINGER

Frank Hollinger, 40, of Montana
Ave, Chester, was found dead in his
home AT . 40 Il. III. Monday from
smoke SulfOcation, after his mattress
caught fire.
According to Deputy Sheriff Charles
Martin brother-in-law of the victim,
his sister, Mrs. Holinger summoned
him when she Smelled smoke coming
from her husbands room on the second
floor of their home.
The door was latched 10 his room,
SHE said, and she could not get in.
Deputy Martin called Police Chief
Floyd Lyons who called the fire de
partmcnt and then helped force the
door open and carried the man TO the
lower floor where artificial respira-
tion was used for an hour and one
half, but to no avail.
The victim. who was employed at
Edwin NJ Knowles China Co, is sur
INivcd 10y his wife, Mrs Elizabeth
Martin llollingcr; one son, Charles
IIolIingcr, and his mother, Mrs. Nicna
| llolIingcr all at home.
Services were held Wednesday at =
y. m from the home on Montana Ave.
by Rev. l.. A. Briton, pastor of the
First Church of Christ. Burial was
made in Locust Hin cemetery.
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OBITUARY
i i i j. + 4 i j. j + + + + 4 +
JAMES RILEY HALL

James Riley Hall, 81, former East
Liverpool potter, died Monday morning
in the Reynolds Memorial hospital at
Glendale, w. Va, below Wheeling,
from injuries received Saturday night
in an automobile accident near
Moundsvile.
Mr. Hall and his wife were enroute
from their home in Paden City, w.
Va, TO East Liverpool for weekend
visit with relatives when the accident
occurred The automobile slidded on
the icy road while passing truck ana
went over an embankment.
Mrs. Hall was thrown from the car
but Mr.. Hall was pinned i'm the wreck
age His chest was crushed. Mrs. Hall
suffered from shock and minor bruises
and was discharged from the hospital
Mr.. and Mrs. Hall were widely
having operated il restaurant on st.
Chair Ave here for several years They
| resided in Paden City for the last four
years where Mr.. Hall was employed
ut the Paden City Pottery. He was Il
member of Local Union 1i6, \. Il. OF
| @. T.
Besides his widow, Mrs. F'reda Hall,
the victim leaves two daughters, Mrs.
| George PerSolln of East Liverpool and
| Mrs. Linda Bacon of Los Angeles: one
son. Harry Hall of Salem; two sisters,
! Mrs. Aaron Moore of East Liverpool
| and Mrs. Minnie DouttS of Polk, Pa.
one brother, Albert Hall of East Liver
| pOoL and three grandchildren.
! Funeral services were held today at
> 800 y. III. from the Dawson Funeral
| home by Rev. Arthur T.. French, .Ir.,
acting pastor of the First Presbyterian
| church Burial was in RivervieW GENE
! terry.