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The Wilmington morning star., 1944-10-14
Roosevelt Hunts La1u 81
1884, To Squeeze Petrillo

replied that people wrote that he
was a. dictator. one day and wrote
the next day that he should do
something about Petrillo.,
He would like to- do something,
Mr.. Roosevelt added, but it was
great question whether he could
legally. He said he expected to 60
into that question in the next few
days. ~" -
What law might apply" re-
porter asked.
Oh, there were about 20 that
might have a bearing, the Presi-
dent replied, repeating that he had
not had a chance to 60 into that
matter. =
Sterilization Director Fred. M.
Vinson- ruled last week that the
unions defiance was not ''unduly
impeding the war effort and hence
the government could not act under
the Connally-Smitn law giving sta
tltory authority to the WLB. Mr..
! Roosevelt then made his Request
for compliance with the WLB di-
receive in the interest of orderly
government"
/ Petrillo rejected the request last
Tuesday. He pointed out that the
ban now is applied to only two
companies, RCA-Victor and Co.
lumbia, and said that to lift the
ban would take business away from
other record making companies
which have made agreements with
the union.
The ban originally was issued
Aug. /, 1912. The W.B directed last
June Is that it be lifted.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-10-14
OFFICERS INDICTED
BY EXCHANGE CLUB

New officers and members OF
the board Of control for the Elk
change club were installed at its
weekly meeting yesterday.
Serving for the year 1944-45 are
Ranald Stewart, president, J. B.
Edwards, first vice president, W.
Albert Blown, second vice presi-
dent and Leo Sykes, secretary .
treasurer.
Members Of the board Of control
are ]. M. Snow, c. K. Council,
j. L. AIegood, Tyson Pope and inn
mediate past president the Rev. c.
D. Barclift.
Installation was conducted by
Exchangites Wilbur Jones and j.
L. Allegood.
DR.. Edwin Keever was appointed
chaplain.
Dr.. Guy Pigfcrd reported for the
clubs athletic committee, as Win
ner of last weeks bowling contest
against the Kiwanis club.
]. B. Edwards and Clayton
Holmes urged attendance at the
New Hanover High school football
games and regular support of ath-
letic events.
The club adopted a motion to
Join In a joint inter club meeting
Wednesday, October Is, to hear DR..
Robert Brooks on the subject OF
"Reconversion.'
DR.. Brooks is appearing here as
representative of WLB, in 4 re-
sional meeting sponsored locally
BY business men and members of
me retail merchants division of the
Chamber OF Commerce.
Guests at the club included B,
u Davis of Winston Salem, Harold
Cano, son-in-law OF Lewis Vein
oerg, and Archie Gidian of the
Blue network.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-10-14
No Polio Case Reported
On Friday, Thirteenth

RALEIGH, Oct. 49,. -, R.--The
Friday the thirteenth badluck su.
perstition exploded in the office OF
the State Health department today,
For the first time since June 2s
county health departments
began making daily reports Of new
infantile paralysis cases mot a
single polio case was reported to
the department. :
The total since June Is now
stands at 1854, covering 81 of the
states 100 counties Thirty-three
deaths. have resulted from. the di-
sease since January !. -
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-10-14

WASHINGTON. Oct 10 "a
President Roosevelt said today that
i: he could find a legal way he
intended to do something about the
AFL Musicians unions defiance of
the War Labor Board. .
The President was asked. at. his
news conference whether, he plan
ned any action now that James C..
Petrillo, the musicians head had
rejected his personal request for
compliance with the WLB's order
that the union lift it's ban on max
ing recordings for two companies.
With a wry SMILE. the President
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-10-14
HANES HEADS BOARD

GREENSBORO, Oct. 10. -{P-
lanes G. Hanes, Winston-Salem
n manufacturer, has been
ndlheo chairman of the board of
,'uS OF Greensboro college, He
'. succeed Charles S. Wallace of
Morehead City.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-10-14
FRONTIER FIGHTING.

PARIS, Oct. 10. -(P)- Several
small clashes between Spanish
antics otfh cmfwyp cmfWyp fw
frontier guards and Spanish repub-
licans. of the French maqui have
been reported from the frontier re-
gion.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-10-14
WOOL VI 5, SUPPLY sHRINKs

NEW YORK, Oct 49, @ "A
further. drastic tightening up. of
wool supplies for civilians appear
ed7a prospect today as wool trade
quarters heard reports large
Army procurement program was
being shaped UP ,fort the first quar-
ter, of 1915 and substantial inquir-
les for foreign relief purposes ap-
peared. III re. 49, = :e'e4
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-10-14

German steel plants operating at
full prewar capacity would have
to work three years n d seven
months to produce the $4,000, 600
tons of steel made in the U. S.
in 1943.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-10-14

BANQUET FOR THE DEAF
~, C'HARLOTTE. Oct. 10. - up -
me END annual banquet for deaf
persons of North Carolina and
aoulh Carolina will be held here
lomorroW night
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-10-14

BoMBERs OF THE 18th Air this Jap Wewa
New Guinea into junk pile during recent pounding this onetme
powerful base In addition destroying ground
the asps knocked out Note parachute bombs indicated by
that still dropping the field the picture taken
Official Army Air Forces photo International Soundphoo)
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-01-22
For Continental Features
PERU
Nv HAROLD PREECE

There 10 an unwritten law OF the
Peruvian army that the cavalrymen
must always be Negroes. No one.
in this country where the Negro Is
both q fighter and burden bearer,
seems to know who hrst Put Ne
gro soldiers on horseback but the
whole population Is proud when
the magnificent black horsemen
sweep by on the handsomely deco
rated stallion.
The Negro came rs a slave to
Peru in the 18th Century after the
Spanish masters had worked most
of the Indian population to death
In the mines and on the plantations.
Pixarro, the thieving discoverer OF
Peru. himself got the first license
TO bring over slaves-50 OF them
Of whom one-third were women.
The Negro came as a slave and
he remained as fighter not only
for his own freedom but for the
freedom Of Peru and Latin America.
When the great South American
liberator. San Martin, promised
freedom to all slaves who joined the
revolutionary armies during that
crucial period OF the 10th Century,
he mobiliIed his kin and fought In
battle aftsr battle to help his In.
dian and white compatriots deses'
the picked regiments Of the SCAN
ish King.
He was present at the crucial Dat
tie Of Ayachuco in 1924 when TIT
Spanish forces met their Waterloo
and freedom became forever as
sured to the new republics OF Latil
IAmerica. He was mad because ri
OF his kin in Peru were not eman
cipated with the founding OF the re
publican government in Lima, ant
he kept on staging revolts until INT
enlightened President Castillo frees
the last $4,000 slaves 1885.
Shortly after the Peruvian revo
luton, rebellious Negro troop
marched into Lima and installed a
President. a man OF their own color
Leon Escobar. Escobar's rule lastet
only "a hours because the descend
ants Of the Spanish gentry swuni
the Indian population behind a riva
candidate for the presidency. Blu
IL the 60 per cent Indian population
had Joined forces with the 80 pc
cent Negro and mixed blood popu
lauon against the Spanish ten pc
cent, America might have seen
Negro-Indian republic flourishini
on the ruins of the old Inca Empir'
smashed by the Spaniards.
Made "Black Kingdom
| Actually. q black kingdom wa
established by runaway slaves II
one section OF Peru in 1884 and tn
last traces OF IL were not wiped ou
until 1915 We have seen in previou
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-01-22

live in sections Of America where
the streets and meadows lay clothed
in snow. sing with JOY. For here are
those in wsrdroom Hi as bare as
when We frU saw the light OF
morn, our sincere hope. that a cool
breeze might soon come and wash
our dripping bodies)
Three OF the officers in this inferno
are enroute 20 join Negro infantry
outfit up North. And at their own
request. Since this correspondent Is
headed for the same. we have dis
covered a medium which binds US
in a spirit Of togetherness.
Wonder what kind Of work they
are doing" one said. Il don't know.
I said. But I had an idea because
Admiral Halsey had said in an In
terview that few, II any, Negro
combat units had seen action In the
South Pacific. l further knew that
the same thing was true in the
Southwest Pacific where our troops
were used mainly 70 develop and
secure bases.
"You know the off1cer declared
Il like working with Negro troops.
You do?" l asked. hoped he
wasn't saying that simply because
happened TO be the listener.
Yes" he answered, Il was
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-01-22
With Michigan Men
In The Service

This Is one OF many letters in
which our servicemen request the
pictures OF the girls they have left
behind Is 4 morale builder. Often
the boys say they do not see an
American girl for long periods OF
time.
So II any Of you young ladies
have sweethearts or husbands In
the armed services, remember that
a weekly letter and picture to them
means a world Of difference, to one
whose heart is back home among
his beloved ones.
SO don't forget to write and send
that sugar report" 10 your fsvorite
servicernan, nowi
Don't forget your New Years
resolution-to write your service
men every week. Send In your
letters from them. Address your
mail to Katherine Robinson, CO
Michigan Chronicle. 26S East Eliot
Detroit /. Michigan
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-01-22
BY FLETCHER p. MARTIN

AT SEA, SOMEWHERE IN THE
SOUTH PACIFIC-(Via AirmaiD-
This is the second OF several articles
written while at sea enroute to an
sdvance base. wrote them in a
steaming ward room formerly oc-
cupied by war casualties, 1t is so
hot that the eight of Us here con-
stantly take cold showers TO help
combat the heat. Five minutes after
ahe sweat washes our bodies again.
For days this has kept up. and the
lone electric fan serves only to stir
che hot air.
When we boarded the ship. after
climbing . swsying rope ladder. a
, naval ofiicer handed each officer-
passenger q list of dos and don'ts
while aboard ship.
ID Naval Laws
There were 10 such laws covering
many phases OF naval discipline at
sea. all for the welfare OF big
family" whose lives are intrusted
60 those whose duty II is TO get US
safely there But there were no In
structions advising us in wardroom
err how TO withstand the insult
ferable heat. (Some who might per-
chance read these lines. and who
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-01-22
Here's The
ANSWER

Questions Elsewhere on this Pase)
(A Capt Charles b. Hall. who
comes from Brazil. Ind, and is =
member Of the oeth Pursuit Squad
ron. is the first Negro in the history
OF the United States army air force
to down an enemy plane. in the
Italian campaign he shot down .
German Fockwolfe 100.
(A) Mrs. A. NJ. Malone.
(A) Allen Selwyn Bundy Is the
first Negro to become a pilot in the
Royal Canadian air force, He be-
came a member OF that organization
in September. ls4S,
(A) 1t Harold Tate Of Goldsboro,
n. c., who Is in the United States
signal corps.
(A) The Federal Council OF
Churches in Christ in America
(A) Lawrence A. Davis.
(A) Down Home Blues.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-01-22
Fathers-To-B In War Zones Are
Worried About Wives Back Home

brought UP in Jersey. Went 10 Rut-
gers university. Paul Robeson's
school, you know" Yes Robeson's
a great American" ! said.
"One Of the greatest who ever
lived he came back. II soldiered
with Negro troops in Texas Guess
that's why I'm out here now"
He talked OF some OF the things
he had seen.
You know. I hate that, and IL I
can ever strike II. like Abraham
Lincoln said, I'm going to strike il
hard. I think lot of things are go
ing 10 change after this war.
Il hope So" hoped Il hope q lot
OF things change after the war;"
To BE A Father
Not changing the subject" ne
said, but In two days I'm going to
be father" you are," Yes" he
said. And this is q hell OF a place
10 be sweating ii out hope my
wife makes IL Ill right"
Pipe down." the Officer on the
top half OF the double bunk said.
You aren't the only guy who's go
ing 70 have a baby. I'm sweating
out one too" "You arel When's
yours suppose TO happen" "Tomor-
row" he said. We'll be damned.
Jersey"
what do you WANT" Jersey
asked. "A boy" he said. Amt that
what you WANT"
Il just don't give a damn" ,Jer-
sey said. Il just want 70 see my
wife"
Quit gripping. guy" roared the
medical officer in the bunk next to
mine. My wife just had a baby"
She did Doc?" asked. What was
il Doc?"
How in hell do I know" Doc
shot back. She just had it three
days ago."
Then you don't know whether
she had it or not" Jersey kibitiIed
You're bad off as we are"
I'm a father" Doc said. "You
don't see me worrying"
You know Doc" the officer oyer
my bed interrupted my wife wrot,
me letter saying he kicks n
night. ] used TO play football. snC
she's always kidding about IL Sh,
said he knew he would be as goot
as I was because he's always kick
ing. Say Doc. Is that all right,"
Might mean he's a strong Saoy.
Doc said.
"Say." Jersey cut In, "a guy acros
the hall is going to have bah.
too"
"A damn maternity ward
said.
Pipe down." neutral officer pu
in There goes the call for mess.
Sorry. No Seconds
We had chicken and iced tea. ON
marine sitting next 10 me asked TIT
Filipino waiter for another piec,
Of chicken and some more dressing
Sorry sir. no seconds" the Fill
Pine waiter said. The marine sal,
something under his breath. fel
the same way. When he hrst cam
around, took one leg. He didn'
come around anymore
Sorry. no seconds the waite
said.
After supper we listened 10
New Zealand military band.
sounded good especially with IN
omp-pah psh. They played In tn
Mood" with the bass horn taking IN
lead In one place. Gen Mile
1. would have died. The announce
ment came to clear the decks. tn
h watch was being secured.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-01-22
Social Security
Change WouldBe
Benefit To Race

Changes In the present Social
Security System that would greatly
benefit Negro wage earnera self
employed Negroes, and Negro fam
lilies generally. are urged in the
eighth annual report Of the So
cial Security BOARD. OF which Ar.
thur J. Altmeyer Is chairman.
The boards report, just sent TO
Congress. urges early action TO ID
bring all Americas who work for
a living under enc comprehensive
national social insurance system:
az cover the costs OF hospital and
medical care and insure against
total loss OF income due 10 sick
ness and disability, as well rs TO
unemployment, old age, and death;
(3) secure the social security rights
OF men and women in the armed
services; 90 liberalize the public
assistance programs so that the Fed
eral government can help the states
give adequate aid TO all needy peo-
pie.
Although we'll over 10000, 900
workers, including many Negroes.
earned wage credits during the
year ended June 30. l943. which
count toward cash payments when
they are unemployed. are too old
to work. or die, about one-third
Of the working population Is wholly
unprotected by either old-age and
survivors insurance or unemploy'
ment compensation. Excluded
among others, are farm and house,
hold workers and operators anc
owners OF small farms and bust.
nesses-employment in which sub
stantial numbers Of Negroes carr
their living.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-01-22

b war p~Aenn Buau Relations
Of
in field entirely
down. . 6Oooft
other building photo by u. Army rps.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-01-22
The Negro In Latin America

The Indians were 'bowled over"
by Alonzo's white skin and the Ne
gro's black skin. They touched the
Negroes face with their hands and
tried to rub of his color. Since they
had never before seen chickens,
they also entreated Alonzo and the
Negro to tell them what the crow
ing roosters were saying.
Later on. other Negroes went
with Spanish explorers from Peru
into Chile. Today, the colored PEG.
Piles of Peru--the Negroes. the In.
dams, the mixed blood population
are feeling profoundly that uni
versal awakening Of the colored
population which is manifesting it
self from Arkansas to Asia.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-01-22
By KATHERINE ROBINSON

oy kAfA RSDAANSOA'
Letters and more letters are con-
stantly being received from our
servicemen. overseas and nj home.
who are always anxious TO receive
letters from their loved ones. To
a serviceman. a letter is called q
sugar report" especially II 1t
comes from the girl-friend or wife.
The following letter was sent TO
this department.
Dear Friend:
I just saw your writeup in the
Mich gan Chronicle about the PIN
up girl
Sure would like to have few
of them for US boys in the medical
section OF 848 Engineers Avn Bn.
I can agree and the boys in the
section that pictures Of our girls
there in the Big D" are great
morale builders for us boys here
in India. So II you can send Q few
Of the large amount you have,
please do %.
When In civilian life I lived In
Highland Park, Mich.-(Signed)
Cpl. r Armstrong.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-01-22

articles on the Negro in I attn
America that the black man found
ed independent commemorative in
Brazil, Dutch Guiana. Panama, and
various other countries It Is no
wonder that the great Brazilian
authority on the black culture has
called "the Negro" the common de-
nominator Of all the America
First In Peru
Negroes around Lima tell you
laughingly OF the hrst Of their race
TO enter Peru. When Pizarro set
foot first saw the country from the
Bay OF Tumbes' in 1892. he sent one
Of his Ieutenants, Alonzo de Molina,
ashore with q Negro slave bearing
pigs and chickens rs gifts to the
native chiefs.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-01-22
%YZ!'.::;a2
AUG X II
| ANSWER???
BY W. DOUGLAS BROWN
For AMP

tAnswer, Elsewhere on this Pagel

(Answers Elsewhere on this fage)
(Q) Who was the first Negro in
the history Of the United States
army air force TO down an enemy
plane in aerial combat!
(Q) Who founded Poro college. In
ST Louis?
90, Who was the first Negro 10
become q pilot in the Royal Cana
dian air force7
(Q) Who was the first Negro OF
the United States military service
10 be sent to Harvard university.
and NIT. 70 study in the radar
and electronic schools?
(Q) Under whose auspices Is the
Harmon award given.
90 Who is the president OF Ark
snsas State Agricultural, Mechsni-
cal and Normal college at Pine
Bluff. Ark?
90 What was the first success.
sul number recorded by Ethel
Waters?
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-01-22

sssi. s4s, COST OF RIOTS
NEW YORK.-(ANP)-To date
the Harlem August riots have cost
Are insurance companies $sel, s46.
The final cost may mount up to
81. CSC, 900.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-11-04
Giant She'll
PeriIs Patton

WITH THE L. 6. THIRD
ARMY ON THE MOSELLE. Nov.
3 (UPl-Lt, Gen. Patton recently
brushed As close 10 death as he
has ever come in his tempestuous
career when a giant 2S0-mm.
German she'll exploded in the
street OF a French town within
30 feet Of a house in which Pat
ton was visiting
While Patton was in the house.
one of the shells crashed onto
the sidewalk directly across the
street, blowing chunks out OF a
three-Story stone building and
spraying an American MP at the
gate with Shrapnel
The general rushed out Of the
house, paused long enough 10 see
that the wounded MP was being
attended, and dashed into the
damaged building. where he
pulled young Frenchman from
under a pile of plaster. Patton
then ran around 10 the rear of the
house and CXtriCated another VIC
tim from the ruhblc.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-11-04
Truman Blasts
Dewey Policy

PITTSBURGH, Nov. 5 IINS)-
Senator Truman here charged
that Gov. Dewey talks "out Of
both sides Of his mouth on for
eign policy
"Reactionaries opposed Ia any
progressive movement and en-
emieS Of labor are supporting
Dewey" he said.
They have heard him talk
ont Of both sides of his mouth
on foreign policy and they know
he is an expert on Straddling."
Truman charged that Harding,
Coolidge and Hoover failed to get
better wages or better working
conditions for labor and claimed
that a "phony prosperity was Gre
ated' in the '20s for the benefit
of the bankers and Wall Street
spectators.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-11-04
Actress Out
For Dewey
rHE DETROIT TIMES
Nov. lo44
spssi.i to rHI prrBolr INNS

CHICAGO, Nov. S-Barbara
Stsrvyck voiced here a mandate
from the women Of America for
the election Of Gov Dewey 10
restore integrity in our govern
ment"
With her husband. IL Robert
Taylor OF the navy, at her side,
Miss Stsnwyck spoke over the
Blue Network on the America s
Town Meeting program original
lng N New York. She said
Women Of America. II NAV
be-it probably will be-our
votes that decide the issue on
Nov. :, Let's make mandate
from the women, that there
must he and shall he once
again integrity in our govern
ment.
we resent the efforts which
are being made nv the Hill
mans. the providers. the Muir
RAYS and others 10 nnllify the
efforts OF thousands OF Ameri-
can boys
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-11-04
Many Shoes
Ration Free

Current stocks OF shoes that
contain no leather except small
quantities used TO reinforce fabric
uppers viii go on sale today ration
free.
The release is confined TO shoes
made in this country, or imported
before Nov 6, since the intention
is to free stocks that dealers have
on hand without encouraging fur
Their use of leather in this type
Of footwear, OPA declared in re-
leasing the order yesterday in
Washington.
The action frees from rauoninG
present stocks Of rubber soled
gymnasium shoes with canvas
uppers that have leather rein
forcementS. Most Of these shoes
now on the market are boys and
mems shoes with stitched rubber
SOleS
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-11-04
Jap'S Bullet Misses
MArthur by a Foot

LEYTE. Nov. 8 QNS)-Gen.
Macarthur missed death by
inches recently when a so caliber
Jap bullet lodged in the wall one
foot from where he was standing.
The bullet flew through the
window in a srafing attack,
digging deep into the woodwork
close TO the generals head
When an aide rushed in, he
found the commander-in-chief eX-
aiming the bullet. In reply TO
his aides questioning gaze, Mac
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-11-04

In evidence of his statement
that Spain was not allied with
ANS powers. Franco said
when in July. 1910. the Ger
man armies occupied France
and reached the Spanish border
and France was totally dis
armed, instead of seiZing upon
these circumstance Ia attack
France from behind, Spain, on
the contrary. adopted a friendly
attitude toward that neighbor."
He said the time for reStora-
ton Of the monarchy had not yet
come hut indicated that il might
after the war.
1T must he monarchy" he
said. (which, recovering the
essence Of our tradition, will
constitute an eminently social
reformist monarchy very diff
ferent from that which recently
presided over our deCadence."
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-11-04
.IacOby 10 Retire
From Police Force

A veteran of 25 years in the
Missing Persons Bureau, Detective
Francis X. Jacoby will retire
Dec. Ia from the police force
Jacoby, who is 50 and lives at
$40 Piper, submitted his request
for retirement 10 Commissioner
John +. Ballenger yesterday.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-11-04
Pedestrian Injured
In Traffic Accident

Roy L. Sigler. q. OF 15S Sibley
Is in BEDFORD Receiving Hospital
in serious condition with possible
skull fracture. He was struck by
an automobile shortly after mid
night az Woodward and Seven
Mile.
Mrs Pearl +. Brown. 80. of
pill Green Lodge, Ferndale,
driver was released after wit
nesses told police Sigler walked
into the path of her car.