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The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1944-10-21
Brothers Meet
While at Field
Day in Italy

With the Army Air Force En-
gineer Command in Italy-It was a
happy day for LIST. Sgt. Arnold S.
Alexander and Technician Third
Grade Adolph T. Alexander when
they met during athletics at an
aviation engineer unit field day,
somewhere in Italy" recently.
Sons of Mr.. and Mrs. Albert T.
Alexander, of $50 Seals Avenue,
Pass Christian, Miss, they ran into
each other at the above mentioned
Field Day.
Arnold has seen Is months SER
vice with a quartermaster service
company in Africa, Sicily, and
Italy. Adolph is heavy equipment
operator with the Aviation Engin-
GERS who construct air bases from
which Allied bombers operate. The
Alexander brothers are both ex-
cellent soldiers and much of their
time together was spent in talking
over postwar joint business plans.
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1944-10-21
Rev. Truevillion
Observes Second
Year At Church

Rev. J. T. Truevillion as pastor of
the st. Matthew NJ B. church will
be observed with a weeks program
which will begin Monday night,
October %, with the service in
charge of the ST. Mary NIB. church,
Rev. Morris, pastor.
On Tuesday night the services
will be in charge of Sweet Water
M. B. church, Rev. j. D. Hayden,
pastor.
On Wednesday night, Grays
Chapel and pastor, Rev. Trigg will
have charge.
On Thursday night, Pleasant
Grove M. B. church and pastor Rev.
E. w. Wallace will have charge.
On Friday night. st. James and
Taylorsville M. E. churches, Rev.
Nelson, pastor.
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1944-10-21
Art Work of Men
In Service Is
Exhibited

The Barnett Alden Gallery, of
Washington, d. c., which has re-
Gently exhibited the works of
number of noted Negro artists now
serving in the army, navy coast
guard, this week opened an exhi-
bition of the paintings of Candida
Portinari, internationally famous
Brazilian artists, at 127 Randolph
Place, Washington.
The exhibition, featuring Porti-
nari's paintings of Negroes, Indi-
ans, Portuguese and Italians, open
ed October Is, and will continue
through December, 1914.
Within necent months, the Bar
net Alden Gallery has exhibited the
works of number of Negro artists
in the armed forces, including those
of Jacob Lawrence, young combat
artist now serving with the u. S.
Coast Guard on a North Atlantic
patrol vessel. Lawrence's Negro Ia
bro migration portfolio, reproduc-
ed in color by national magazine
in 194l, is now on exhibit at New
York City gallery.
Other Negro artists exhibiting at
the Washington gallery included
Charles Sebree, navy, and Jack L.
Berkman, Albert Carter, Frederic
Flemister, Bernard Goss, Charles
White, Joesph Kersey, Chef La
More, and Henry M. Letcher, all of
the army.
Paintings by Portinari were loan
ed for the current exhibition by the
American Association of Museums,
American Federation of Arts and
the Associated American Artists;
the Downtown Gallery, Grand Cen
trail Art Galleries and the Harmon
Foundation, of New York City; the
Howard University Gallery of Art,
G Place Gallery and the Whyte
Gallery, of Washington, and large
number of private collectors.
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1944-10-21
New Service
Provided For
State Health Dept.

A newly established service pro-
vided by the state board of health
is that of the public health Stats
teal service. Discussing its pur-
pose and scope Paul w. Shipley,
epidemiologist, state board of
health, stated that this new division
will prove valuable both in deter
mining health needs and in measur-
ing the success of programs plan
ned to meet these needs.
"Just as no business firm would
attempt to operate without know
ing where it stood in regard to
past performance and future prob
lems," he declared, 80 state and
local boards of health must know
where they stand in order to serve
the people of our state as effici-,
emily as possible
BY supplying statistical data
which shows the character Of the
population and their existing health
problems, Mr.. Shipley pointed out
that this division will enable the
public health administrator to plan
for needed medical services. The
administrator can determine, the
epidemiologist continued, the ap-
proximate portion of bis budget
that should be allotted to various
phases of his public health pro-
gram, both for the present and in
the future.
Public health statistics is the
bookkeeping of public health"
stated Mr.. Shipley. land as such
will be a vital aid to physicians and
health workers in their task of
pottecting and prolonging the life
of Mississippians."
Directed. by Miss Celine McGinn,
a statistician with ten years ex-
perience in this phase of health
work, this new service has been
made possible through the coopera-
ton and help Of the Commonwealth
Fund.
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1944-10-21
Army Makes An
Appeal For Paid
Nurses Aides


Emphasizing the immediate need
for the full time help of thousands
of nurses aides to help care for
sick, injured, and wounded soldiers,
the Army Medical Department has
appealed to Red Cross nurses aides
with hospital experience to apply
for appointment as paid civilian en-
pIoyes in army hospital or dispen-
sary service, the War Department
announced.
The army medical department
said paid nurses aides serving in
army hospitals, with pay In accord
ance with their civil service rating,
are offered an opportunity to work
under the supervision of some of
the finest medical men and women
in the country, and can experience
the deep personal satisfaction that
comes from helping soldier 10
return to healthy, normal life.
Paid nurses aides, the department
said, must be certified Red Cross
nurses aides, accredited with a
minimum of $50 hours of hospital
service.
Eligible women have been re-
quested by the War Department to
write Immediately for the Army
Nurses Aide booklet Address
Medical Division, u S, Civil Ser
vice Commission, Washington, d.
c.
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1944-10-21
St. Mary's Church
Observes First
Anniversary

According to Rev. Mingo E. Ellis,
pastor of Saint Mary's Independent
Methodist church, the first ami
versary of the church will be OBJ
served during the week, beginning
October Is and ending October o.
Each night the program was to
be conducted by the following
churches and their pastors:
Monday night, st. James Baptist
church, Rev. T. C. Simmons.
Tuesday night. Christian church,
Rev. D. L. Jackson.
Wednesday, sermon by Rev. G..
A. Riley.
Thursday night, virden Grove M.
B. church, Rev. r. H. Ryder.
Friday night, Church of God in
Christ Holiness. Rev. j. D. King,
pastor.
On Sunday, the Sunday school
will render the local program with
the welcome address being given
by Annie Shipes. Others on pro-
gram will be: James Davis, Robert
L. Ellis, Elizabeth Jasper, Rev.
Brown, Odell Cotton, Evelyn Ellis
and others, Edna M. Ellis.
The anniversary sermon will be
delivered at o'clock by Rev G..
w. Staffney. pastor of Blair street
A.ME.Z. church.
The committee on arrangements:
Messers Edd Nelson, Robert L,
Ellis, Mrs. Jessie Bracy.
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1944-10-21
26 to 80 Years Old
To Registrars

All men between the ages of
26 to 38 must now-today-tell their
local board the following:
(a) the present address
(b) the present job being done
(c) the present dependency status
It is necessary that each man
in this. age group supply the local
board with this current informa-
ton today. If this is not done, then
it will be necessary for the local
board to process for induction all
men who do not supply this current
information to the local board now.
Farmers, industrialists, and any
other employers are cautioned to
supply current information today.
If this information is not present
ed to the local board prior to No.
vember /, then the local boards will
proceed with the induction of these
men age Is to 38 years.
Col. l.. w. Long, state director,
stated that it is not the desire to
induct these men into the armed
forces, but of necessity they must
be if they do not show that they
are regularly engaged in" an es-
sential activity as determined by
the local board if over 90 years of
age or necessary to-" an essential
activity if between 26 to 80 years
Of age. Now is the time for each
employer and each registrant to
send to the local board current in
formation.
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1944-10-21
State Soldiers
Observe 18th
Month Overseas

An Air Force Service Command
Station, Somewhere in England
Listed below are Mississippians who
have been serving in the European
theatre of operations for IL months
with the Combat Support Wing,
crack trucking organization of the
Air Service Command.
These men have carried equip
ment and supplies, gasoline and
ammunition from port to fort and
they are contributing vital SER
vice in the about battle against
Nazi tyranny.
These driving" Gps are the
special delivery" men of the Air
Service Command whose response
bility it is to transport the hundreds
OF items of supplies required to
smash the Axis from the air.
They are: T-5 James Brown, son
of Mrs. Sindie Brown, Schlater;
Sgt. James H. Brooks, son of Mrs
Ada Brooks, Rt 1, Pickens, who
was a truck driver at Greenville
before his induction; Sgt. Isaac
Jackson, l63 Livingston street
Jackson, son of Mrs. Annie Jack
son, Carter, and husband of Mrs.
Josephine Jackson, Jackson, Miss
Pfc. Joe Sleepar, son of Mrs
Francis Sleepar and husband 81
Mrs Beulah Sleepar, 829 Dreyfus
street, Jackson; Cpl. Herbert Jones
husband of Mrs. Johnnie M. Jones
Biloxi, who has served in that
theatre for 10 months; Pvt. Sylves-
ter Hays, son of Mrs. Adele Hays
Washington; Pfc. Lewis Williams
son of Mrs. Lula w. Key, Glendora;
Cpl. Silas 4As.s.4,
Young, Tunica; Pfc. A. J. e--en,
son of Mrs. Katie Barber, and hus-
band of Mrs. Johnnie B. Green,
Learned.
All the above men were mem
bers of an outfit that has been
commended for its efficiency and
team spirit in driving through
storms and BIRTHS fog to deliver the
goods to advanced combat stations.
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1944-10-21

four languages and prayrs in He
brew.
Bough will best be remembered
as guard on the 1921 AZ Dream
Teams" of Virginia Union Univer-
sity. Then there is Sgt. Claude Pax
ton, 1853 Mechanic street, Red Bank,
N. j., former National AAU Hop,
Step and Jump, and track cham
pion from Xaviar University. Prob
ably the biggest, single morale
builder and the MOO in the most
awkward position is First Sergeant
Hubert House of 623 st. Paul Ave-,
Beloit, Wis, who leads the out
fits show as Sonny" the come
dian.
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1944-10-21

iers, and they study the many syn
thetic training devices" ranging
from "sonic system" of bomb
scoring to specialized trainer that
Stimulates every possible condition
of actual flight, which have been
developed at Midland Army Air
Field to speed and improve the
training of students.
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1944-10-21

If you know the best thing TO do
now-you are lucky.
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1944-10-21

Shown above is the interior of
the newly stocked Parish Street
Smoke Shop, located at 613 North
Parish street and owned and op-
Grated by Mr.. James L. Oliver, pro-
gressive young business man of this
city.
Standing at the cash register,
ready to give the courteous and eff
ficient service for which this BUSH
ness is noted, is the charming Mrs.
Estelle Johnson, cashier. Other en-
ployees of this business who are
always anxious to serve the pub
lie to the best of their ability are:
Mrs. Katherine lie Beau, secretary
and Miss Myrtle Berry.
On the shelves in this small by
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1944-10-21
.Bombardiers
To Win Wings
November 4

Midland Army Air Field, Tex
On Saturday, November 4, group
of the most thoroughly trained Ne
gro aircrew members in the army
air forces are scheduled to gradu-
ate from the AAF training COM
mand's bombardier school at Mid
land Army Air Field, the War De-
partment has announced.
When the certificates of COM
mission as second heutenants or
flight officers are awarded them
and the bombardier wings are
pinned on their chest, it will mark
the elimination of schooling that
has enabled them to qualify as
the most dangerous men in the
world''-aerial gunners, meteoro-
logists, navigators and bombardi-
ers.
Now preparing to take their pla-
ces as key members of the all Ne
gro bombardment group, these
young men from every section of
the United States were qualified
airmen when they came to Mid
land Army Air Field. After COM
pleting pre-flight training at the
Tuskegee Army Air Field, Ala,
they graduated from the flexible
gunnery school at Tyndall Field,
Fla.
Now engaged in the necessary
task of plastering the West Texas
prairies with hundreds of practice
bombs every day, the student bonn
bardiers are sharpening eyes that
some day will be lining up Nazi
or Jap targets through their bomb
sights.
The place to. observe the most
fascinating part of the training
program is the flight line. There
is where the trainees are striding
out to their planes, they carry the
tools of their trade-computers,
maps, charts, and even aerial pho
tographs. In the greenhouses" of
their training planes. sleek AT-11's,
they ready their bombsights, make
pre-flight computations, adjust oxy-
gen equipment if it's to be a high
altitude mission.
On the ramp, a steady stream of
bomb trailers rolls by, carrying
the blue, hundred pound practice
bombs to planes scheduled to fly
today's practice missions. Working
in teams with rhythmic precision,
the enlisted men who service the
bomber trainers transfer the mis-
siles from truck to plane, care
fully attaching each bomb to its
place in the bomb racks, checking
arming wires that prevent explo-
sion of the bombs until they have
dropped from the plane.
1t takes months of high gear
study and practice to make bomb
sight do the job right. In training
hangers, cadets ride the high
chairs" during their first few
weeks, making hundreds of prac-
tice bombing runs from a twelve
foot altitude. In the class rooms,
fifteen foot mock ups of the bomb
sight are taken apart and put to-
gether again by the tyro lombard
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1944-10-21

The Irish foreman found one of
his men sleeping in the shade:
sleep on, you lazy loot" he said,
sleep on. So long as you sleep,
you've got a job; but when you
wake up, you're out of work.
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1944-10-21

A reader of this colyum of pif-
file, who did not sign his name or
initials, sent us this rhyme:
MY fuehrer lies over the ocean,
My fuehrer lies over the sea;
In fact, he's the world biggest liar,
Wherever he chances to be-"
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1944-10-21

well stocked business will be found
merchandise and notions that can
be used by every man, woman and
child-things that you can buy
without going out of your own
neutrality-suspicious. that help
to give Negro women and men en-
ployment.
MIR. Oliver. who is also special
representative for the Leonard
Custom Tailors Company has a
complete line of imported wollens
in fall and winter styles already in
stock for the conveniences Of his
many customers.
Visit the Parish Street Smoke
Shop!
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-12-10

the other were potential hepcats|
One CT Joe just back from a toud
of duty in a couple of Alaskan OUT
posts can't stop sounding off about
rug-cutting Eskimo maids.
In one easy lesson" he said
those Mukluks were in the groove|
And they were working under thd
handicap of fur parkas and boots|
They dance deadpan. no matterHAW
hot the music gets, but they get
hearts and hips into their work.
The boys back from England, Italy
North Africa, Burma and the islandd
of the Pacific talk the same way|
They're amazed that the girls they
run into overseas can switch FROM
their traditional Terpsichorean antic{
and beat IL out" with the slickest
of hepchicks back home.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-12-10
All the World Likes 1--WE

NHANK soldiers, sailors and ma
rines would be the last ones TO
crate about their job of fight
ing for the Four Freedoms all over
this cockeyed world. They leave
high-and-mighty talk like that TO the
silver.tongued politicians.
But they are proud OF the fact
that they are dispensing a sort OF
made-in-America brand of good will
TO grateful girls from Greenlands icy
mountains to the palm fringed isles
of the South Pacific.
This gift from Broadway and Main
Street is 1--WE.
To hear the boys talk-especially
filters who have been on most of
the fighting fronts-you'd think that
young members of the gentler sex
from one corner of this planet TO
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-12-10
4 FEW days before the first wave
a of Allied soldiers hit the


Y beaches of Normandy, the
peace-loving citizens of Messina, in
Northern Transvaal were fighting
a savage battle with countless mil
lions of invaders.
The news Of the impending assault
on the coast of France pushed the
story of the South African attack
out of the worlds newspapers, but
if was a battle that will never be
forgotten by those who fought in ii.
The enemy that moved quietly into
the outskirts of Messina during the
early morning hours far outnumbered
all the men under arms on both sides
of the worldwide struggle TO smack
the Axis.
They had no guns, no planes, no
tanks. They fought with their Jaws
And they were still in there smuggling
when their casualties ran into the
millions.
The invaders were ants. Little
brown and white insects probably
driven by hunger 10 leave their sand
pile cities in the hinterlandS and go
on rampage.
Many a battle SCARED and be-
medaled general could learn a thing
or two about tactics from the di
minutive destroyers. Their staff work
was perfect. So was their timing.
And their discipline in action. They
lost the battle, but thousands of them
got what they were after. And they
made a mess of MesSina.
The spearhead of the insect army
moved into a suburb of the town
under cover of darkness. BY the time
the first of the earlyriSing inhabi-
tantS of the place were up and about,
a column of ants about three feet
wide and hundred yards long lay
like Slow-motion shadow across
lawns, sidewalks and streets
The discoveries of the strange pa
rade were more amused than alarmed.
1t wasn't until the living. strip of in
SectS darkened the front stoop and
the porch of a house that people be-
gan to worry. And started whang
ing at the intruders with brooms and
shoVelS.
For every hundred of the invaders
that were mashed out Of action there
were thousands more. They inched
into a dozen more homes before the
Messinians were ready TO put up an
organized defense
Squads of men, women and chill
dren went after the spreading pesti
lence with flaming oil.soaked rags
tied to sticks and poles. Others
struck with spray guns loaded with
poison. The fire department went
into action with streams of water
and clouds of chemicals.
Then, just when it seemed that the
invaders were stopped, two other
armies of them hit the town quarter
of mile from the point of first at
tack
Some homes were overrun with
the ants and the families escaped
with such personal belongings as
they could grab in a hurry. Shops
were crawling with the pests. One
grocer stood helplessly by and saw
his stock of edibles disappear like
snow under a hot sun.
Farmers watched the insect army
swarm over their animals and gnaw
away at the foundation posts of their
barns. Green gardens became patches
of leafless stalks. The hungry pests
left nothing that their grinding Jaws
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-12-10

of food had been destroyed. And i'd
will be months before the wreckagd
of the battle is fixed up.
With wry Dutch humor, one old
Boer, whose home was in the path
of the invasion, figured out that somd
little eightlegged Hitler had madd
NaIs of the communal bugs in his
peaceful part of the world.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-12-10

could possibly go TO work on.
Frantic mothers rushed their
youngsters out of the line of attack,
but more than 20 children were taken
10 the hospital with painful bites.
The casualties among those on the
battle line was much higher. The
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-12-10

ants were as ready 10 work on human
legs as on livestock and green stuff.
II was two days after the first
sina before the last of the invaders
was mopped up. or had moved on into
the sandy back country. Hundreds
OF people were worn out from the
struggle. Thousands of dollars worth
The echo., 1944-02-25

Mississippi. Standard Negro
newspaper of character, circr'
laton and opinion, with moFs
than 10000 readers
The echo., 1944-02-25
ErelnJivs Ups PhOtOpnssn

The Samaritans were the adversarles
Of Judah. The Jews We're extremely
malicious against the Samarltans;
they looked upon them as having no
part m the resurrection, they exconn-
unicated them and cursed them by the
sacred name of God, by the glorious
writings of the tables "a by the
curse of the upper and lower house
Of judgement; with this law: That
no Israelite eat of anything that is
Samaritan's, for it is as if he should
eat of swine flesh, says DR.. Light
foot. And now, this bitter burning
feud was so deeply rooted between
the two races that it effected their
social customs NJ daily practices.
This haze and prejudice WIS taught
and handed down from one generation !
to another, on both opposing sides.
And thus their racialism became their
hinderance, expressing itself in pride,
bigotry and over emphasized sophis-
tication
Jesus knew that this kind of a con-
dition MIST not go unchallenged, and
that it would never do to attemEt to
build a christian civilization without
the stamp of his djsapproval to these
kind of conditions. He also knew
on his part to attempt to settle or
rectify such condition by avoiding it.
He could have, like PLATE, attempted
to appease and satisfy his conscious
ness by washing his hands, or in a
modern way of putting it, Passing
the buck. So many attempts are
made today to settle, weighty, vital,
agrivating social matters by the way
of pacifism. But Jesus, purposely
Continued on Page i
The echo., 1944-02-25
NEGRO NEWSPAPER WEEK, BROADCAST FEB. 26,
Negro Newspaper Week Program
Over NBC To HOn,r Races
Contributions To The Drive Toward Victory

New York-In tribute to the con-
tlibutions Of the Negro people to the
war effort, the National Broadcasting
Company will observe NEGRO News
paper Week" with a half-hour pro-
gram on j is coast-to-coast network
Saturday, Feb. &c $500 p. m. EWT).
Donald M. Nelson, chairman of the
WPB, and Dr.. C, B. Powell, publisher
of the Amsterdam News, will be the
principal speakers, Leading Negro
entertainers and war heroes also will
take part.
Nelson will report on the Negro in
the defense industries. Dr.. Powell's
topic will be "the Negro Press and
the War Effort" DR.. Powell is a
civic leader and member of the New
York State Athletic Commission.
Canada Lee, noted actor, will be
master of ceremonies. He will be
joined by Hazel Scott, star of radio
and m tion pictures, and Muriel
Smith, currently appearing n h e
Broadway hit Carmen jones'" The
Willie Bryant USO Overseas Unit will
also entertain.
The Negro war heroes will be inter
viewed by four newspaper correspond
ents-Randy Dixon, Pittsburgh Cour-
Ter; David Orro, Chicago Defender;
Ollie Stewart, AFRO American; anc
Thomas Young, Norfolk Journal anC
Guide. Dixon will speak from Lon.
don.
Negro Newspaper Week" is being
celebrated this year from Feb. 81 t.
March 4. The program has been ar
ranged through the cooperation of tn,
Negro Newspaper Publishers Assoc
iation, whose president is John H
lSengstacke, publisher of the Chicag,
Defender
Ira Avery directs on behalf of NIB
and Richard McDonagh prepares tn
script.