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The Wilmington morning star., 1944-07-07
ABATT0IR COSTS
BEING STUDIED

Costs Of constructing a munich
pally owned and operated abattolr
are being determined by city Of
ficials, City Manager A. c. Nichols
announced yesterday.
Nichols said the city is still
developing data on the project,
which once was rejected by the
county board of commissioners.
The city is working with the
state board of health the local
board of health, and County Agent
R. W. Galphin on the proposal Of
erecting the slaughterhouse, it
was learned.
On April 10, the city council
heard a suggestion from Council
man Robert r. Romeo that the
abattoir be established. Romeo re-
minded the council of the fact that
inspections of fresh meat in this
county were not being made in
accordance with the law and that
there are no proper facilities for
either slaughtering or processing
Of meat here.
According to w. C. Haas, sani-
tary inspector, there are only six
operators with temporary slaught-
ering permits in New Hanover
county.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-07-07
Several Score Die
In Fire At Circus

ant editorial man, who was pre-.
sent, described in graphic terms
the odds against which scores
struggled to escape across steel
barrier protecting a wild animal
runway from the big top.
Runway Blocks People
Inc runway was still in place
when fire broke out and it barred
the Way to those seeking to es-
cape in that direction.
Il was slammed against the steel
barrier and my knee caught mo-
mentarily between the bars" said
Murphy. Then taking my five
year-old son in my hands, l tossed
him over the barrier to the ground
beyond. The flames at this point
were nearly overhead and the heat
was becoming unbearable.
Il looked back over my shoulder
as l left the tent and saw people
still struggling madly to get over
the BARRIERS"
The circus, which opened here
last night after a six-hour travel
ing delay had forced it to cancel
its first afternoon performance yes
terday, was to have gone to Spring
fled, Mass, for performances on
Friday and Saturday.
Its July schedule called for it
to go then to Albany, Schenectady,
Utica, Syracuse, Rochester and
Buffalo in New York and Akron
and Cleveland in Ohio.
AS eyewitness accounts con-
tinued to be pieced together many
poignant details of the frenzied
minutes when thousands tried to
flee possible cremation, came to
light.
Shrek With Fear
One man said the din of shouting
and shrieking as crescendo Of fear
welled up from the throng was
deafening. 1t mingled, he said, with
the crash of falling grandstand
chairs.
Scores of men, women and child
rem tried with varying success to
jump from high seats. Many child
rem were dropped bodily from ele-
waited seats to make their way as
best they could to safety.
Their cries. said a reporter
who was himself almost caught in
the mass" were lawful to hear"
For many of these children, how
ever, there was no escape as fire
enveloped them.
AS soon as Commissioner Hickey,
who succeeded in shepherding a
party of nine children he had
brought to the circus to the out
side, could get state police mar
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-07-07
NOTED MUSICIAN
ARRIVES TODAY

Sgt. Bob Vernon, noted accor-
dionist and singer formerly with
Chicago opera companies, will ar
rive in Wilmington today to COM
plete arrangements for the final
Fifth War Loan campaign rally
which will be held Saturday night
in the lobby of the Cape Fear no.
tel, the management of the hotel
announced last night.
Series E bond sales are still lag
ging according to the latest tabu-
lations from. the Richmond Fed
eral Reserve bank, which showed
that Series E type bonds are 60 per
cent below the city-county quota of
$2,190,000. "We want Series e indi-
vidual purchases to meet the goal;
that is the reason for the program
being staged in the lobby, so peo-
pie will be standing and in easy
reach of their pocketbooks", J. K.
Sumner, assistant manager of the
hotel, said.
Free Movie Day., which was
held yesterday nationally by al
most 5000 of AMERICAS motion pic
ture exhibitors, and locally by the
Bailey, Carolina, Royal, Bijou and
Manor theaters, was a decided
success, according to the local
officials of the motion picture ex-
hibitors' campaign committee on
behalf Of bond sales.
Admission to the five Wilmington
theaters yesterday was the pur'
base of Series E bonds Of any de-
nomination either at the theaters
or at any of the other issuing Of
fees.
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Continued from Page One)

o.s said Wilson, who did not learn
',ntij some time later that his wife
md son had escaped safely. They
showed no evidence of being tram
ned on, but were scorched and
i,,rned. The heat was intense and
uomen and children were running
mt If the grounds. Men were cry.
inc for their children. There was
terrible bowling and screeching
and panic.
Many Killed in Rush
Many we're killed and injured,
evewitnesses said, in the rush for
I'VE exits which came even as the
hand began playing to allay the
fsqrs of the thousands inside the
b;g top In contrast, others said,
circus employees went quietly and
swiftly to work saving the animals
and trying to restore calm.
Ovler reported that all of the
animals were saved.
Most accounts of the tragedy
agreed on one point, that the first
small at the start, spread with
amazing rapidity.
Said Everett Dow, Hartford
Courant reporter. who was in the
audience;
The big carnivora in the two
cages at either end of the arena
had lust completed bowling out to
tbe laughing applause of the null
rtude when the shrieks of fire
rose above the music of the band.
The famous Wallenda family,
hlghwire performers, had . just
ewing up to their high perches as
the flames cleared to the wall of
the southeast corner of tie big top
and began eating upward and out
ward into the tent roof
Most of the crowd was oblivi-
GUS of the blaze until one of the
Wallendas, high in the tent pointed
10 the speedily advancing flames
and cried the tents on fire ,"
Dow said the danger was first
grasped by spectators remote from
the fire. Those closest to it seemed
momentarily stupefied and mere
dJlous. But only for an instant o.
two. Then they joined the rush
for exits, a race many of them
were destined not to win.
Thomas E. Murhy. another Cour-
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-07-07
Salvation Army Head
Goes To Charlotte

Mrs. ]. L. Neighbours, VINO has
been director of the Salvation
Army station in Wilmington since
last March, when her husband,
Captain Neighbours, entered the
Army, will leave Sunday for the
Charlotte headquarters, where sac
will be secretary Of the Young
Peoples department, it was an
nounced yesterday.
Captain and Mrs. D. B. Cartin
will be the new officers in charge
of the local station. For the past
year, they have been directors of
the Salvation Army station in
Union, S. C. They are to arrive
Sunday.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-07-07
WEATHER
(By U. S. Weather Bureau)

(By U. S. Weather Bureau
Meteorological data for the "a hours
ending 1880 pm. yesterday.
Temperature
i 30 am. 10; 1880 am, 70; 1880 pm. 81;
1880 pm, 70.
Maximum IS; Minimum 81; Mean rs;
Normal 70.
Humidity
80 am. SO; 1880 am. 80; 1 80 pm, IS:
1880 pm, 81.
Precipitation
Total for the ~ houfs ending 1850 Pm
600 inches.
Total since the first Of the month
0.32 inches.
Tides For Today
From the Tide Tables published by
U. S. Coast and Geode.ic survey
High Low
Wilmington ~ 10:41a 5:44a
11:15p 5 :4ap
Masonboro Inlet -- 8:27a -2:38a
9:02p 2:S7p
Sunrise, s:07 am; Sunset 7:R6 PIN;
Moonrise. 3 SO PM; Moonset, s:s4 am.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-07-07
Briefs
COMMITTEE MEETING

The membership committee
of the Chamber of Commerce
will hold a meeting in the as
sembly room of the chamber
office Tuesday at 1880 am.
E. A. Laney is chairman of
the committee. The chair
man of the merchants division,
Ben Kingoff, will meet with
the committee.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-07-07
there is
NO ASPIRIN

-surer, stronger or faster than genuine
pure St. Joseph Aspirin. No aspirin can
do more for you. World largest seller at
100. So tablets zoe; 100 tablets only 35e.
Be sure YOU demand st. Joseph Aspirin.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-07-07
CHURCH ROBBED

CHURCH Rubbed
Henri Emurian, organist at
the First Baptist church, re-
ported to police yesterday that
someone entered the church
office and stole a typewriter
valued at $54. Entrance was
gained by prying loose
lock on a side door of the
church. Officer L. B. Rourk
investigated.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-07-07
WAVES HEARING

w M v ES 1ILl1N1N0
E. o. Allen, former laundry
truck driver, who is accused
of embezzling approximately
$3.50 from the Modern Clean
ers, waived examination in
Recorders court yesterday
and was ordered to appear be-
fore New Hanover superior
court when it convenes next
week.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-07-07
MARRIAGE LICENSES

MAhhIAUE L1OL1NSLS
Marriage licenses were issued
yesterday to the following
couples: Renel Belcher, ~,
of Florida, Ala, to Helen Jedy-
hak, %, New Haven, Conn.,,
William L. Hutchinson, 40,
Waukegan, ILL.,, to Theorosia
Reavis, So, Route 2, Whining
ton.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-07-07
GROUND TO BE BROKEN

GROUND TO BE BROKEN
Ground will be broken Sat-
urday at pm. on the site Of
the new st. Luke A.M.E. Zion
church during ceremony at
which a number of outstand-
ing speakers of both races
will talk.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-07-07

The density of population in the
Nile valley in Egypt is greater
than in any country in Europe.
The U. S. Marine Corps was
founded by the Continental Con.
gress in ITS.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1944-10-07

sions for health aid welfare of all
kinds. But of all the indignities
and iniustices Negro men and wo-
men suffer today, the most bitter
and ironic is the discrimination
practiced by the Armed Forces OF
their country-the country for
for which they are being asked to
give their lives" he contends.
Pointing out the tragic made
quacy" of both the 1914 political
platforms, Mr.. Willkie expresses
little wonder that the National
Association for the Advancement
of Colored People termed the sec
ton on the Negro ga splinter"
And although he sees in the Re-
publican Larty plank more than
the Democrats offered, Mr.. Willkie
characterizes it as giving lip-ser-
vice to the laws We already have,
and to the duties many of our
elected representatives h v e
Systematically disregarded."
Stating the purpose Tor his writ
ing Mr.. Willkie says: II write this
article with the deliberate intent
of helping to arouse an opinion
that will require these candidates
to put aside generalities, evasions
and pious platitudes, and deal in
concise, concrete terms, with this
human, this national, this world
problem"
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Preparation For V-Day

Over in little in South Carolina the other day,
after white and Negro had engaged in fist tight
which caused neither no more injury than whlch orona
K results from such affairs mob formed and for several
hours beat intmdated and erroriZed Negroes OF the
community indugng its will for that period without bene
fit of the restraints supposed to exist in law abiding
Christian, American community.
On the verge of becoming caous to such incidents OF
orr beloved southland not for the fact that TINS
South Carolina incident did not to us to bear I'M
relations the future it would In all pfODapty
never have mentioned here Importance is attached
to the event. however because of certain lmpLcatons
which it may contain with respect to the coming VDay
and V-Day celebrations preparation for which Is beng
made in every city, town, village and community through
out the nation.
Here in Jackson where preparations being made
for V Day" and VDay celebrations it may be well that
some attention be given to the implications In the South
Carolina incident Not only that but something of the
conditions that might arise southern community, o
in anv other community where racial lines exist may be
understood bv recurring incidents which took place mere
on Armistice Dav the first world in which instance
while nothing greatly affecting the community and race
relations occurred it only by prompt and nteingent
action the part OF the law enforcement autho'oo ~
it prevented.
While most citizens, Negro and White, are inclined
to the view that VDay celebration should be IN worship
and PRAYER it seems impossible that there will be none
who will be DESTROYS indugng in the wilder more nlarl-
Gus forms of celebration during which with or without
malice towards another it may be that two members
of opposte races might become engaged in some unl1-
portant difficulty, which, because of racial nes might
needessy nfame some less responsible members
of the community
In such matter an of prevention will be worth
10 pounds of regret Therefore, in preparation for V-Day
celebration here well in other sections of the state
White and Negro leaders should attempt to get ogetnef
make the plans to prevent possible raa
disturbance which would only to reflect upon the
intelligence the leaders of both and be disgrace
to the good name of the community and state.
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Irritated Bus

sheriffs arrived on the scene and
talked with the bus driver. They
then went to the bus door and told
all the soldiers to move back and
the driver proceeded to this city
(Aiken), where one Of the civilian
officers ordered them taken to the
county Jail.
The soldiers were searched and
locked up without charges while
two members of the military po-
lice force in Aiken stood by and
made no attempt to look into the
case. The jailer promised them re-
lease Sunday morning, but at this
time said he would have to find
a T/Sgt. Armstrong of the Mill
tary Police in order to release
them. The M. p. went to the jail
about mid-afternoon. took the SOL
diers' names and organizations and
told them their trial would be held
Monday morning in civil court.
The trial later was postponed to
Monday evening.
At the trial before Judge j. P.
Wise, the irritated driver made a
statement. claiming the woman
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Must Practise

share of the freedom fer which the
Allied Nations are fighting" con-
.inues Mr. Willkie. Aud We cannot
expect small nations and men OF
other races and coli to credit
the good faith of our protested
purposes and to join us in inter-
national collaboration if we con-
tinue to practice all ugly discrim-
nation at home against our own
minorities, the largest of which is
our 100000 Negro citizens"
LISTS NEGRO GRIEVANCES
Scoring both the Republican and
Democratic party platforms, Mr..
Willkie cites list of grievances
from which Negro Americans suf-
fer, differing from Nazi discrim-
nation "only in that ours are lille
gal and that we are free If we
wish-to fight against them"
mot only" states Mr. Willkie,
sis the Negro IN ,4iany parts of the
country denied his legal rights in
violation of the Constitution, but
he is denied the substance of free
dom and opportunity in such mat
tiers as equal education, equal
chance for economic advance
ment, and his just share OF such
public services as Fairgrounds,
hospitals and community provi-
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Green Pastures Are About Us

From the Mound Bayou, Miss, News DgesD
We recently talked with who had worked for six
months near Chicago and said he returning to his
home in Mississippi He stated that while his wages there
were high when the government and union ducts got
through with him about onehrd of his wages were gone
After he paid his board lodging and transportation to and
from his job if he permitted himself little reaction
there nothing left.
He had worked every day, and worn himself out and
had little show for it. At home he had been able to save
more money and did not have to work hard He
therefore, coming home to stay.
The experience of this man is that Of many who nave
left good jobs 1t is to be remembered too that person
who has farmed all his life often finds himself unhappy
at other kinds of work and burns himself out trying to re-
adjust his life to industrial work
Labor is in this section now, but soon as
the war is with Germany, millions will be laid OH
their jobs in the big cities. In many they will be
broke and will suffer Those who have saved some money
won't have long unless they get another job The
net results who have left here will be returning
looking for homes Many farms becoming highly mechal
lied and therefore will need much less labor The net re-
suit there may be people with no place to go
Those who already have decent homes will do well
to look to the green pastures where they are.
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fit to modernize the post and
then several millions of dollars
were expended toward building
expansions and the reservation
was increased to $4,000 acres or
more than 1T square miles.
Although much additional Ari-
zona territory was utilized for
establishment of barracks, mess
halls, hospitals, headquarters build
ings, recreation clubs and centers,
a field house and stadium which
seats more than 1000 persons, the
general color was retained by the
presence of Apache Indian scouts
that are dispersed throughout the
fort
Comprising Arizona's third lar
gest population center, last Octo-
Der, during the training OF the
end, the fort had population OF
more than $4,000 persons. 1t SER
we'd as supply centect for all ar
my camps in Arizona, many in
new McxlCp anu oOAliC Al SoAAAoA
MIA. Transportation of these sup
plies was by rails, truck and air
lines
At FIT. Huachuca huge mill
tary laundry and dry cleaning es-
tablishment handled the clothing
and bedding for over 10000 SOL
diers. AS a communication center
the forts system could skillfully
handle more than $4,000 telephone
calls in "A hours.
The two hospitals were equipped
with 1,141 beds and there were
three dental infirmaries with AZ
chairs. The fort had at one time
the only Negro commanded and
stated hospital in the army. Many
of the country's foremost Negro
physicians and dentists were staff
ed here
With the inactivation of Fort
Huachuca 800 officers. civilian en-
ployes and enlisted men must be
on their way to other locations,
and a center that was most i'm
portant and interesting must be
suddenly cut otI.
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passenger cursed him and that the
eleven soldiers beat him in the
back and head. The judge accepted
the drivers testimony over that Of
all the Negro soldiers, who plead
ed not guilty. Three were fined
$25 or 80 days on the Aiken Coun-
ty Farm and the other eight SIS
or 80 on the farm.
Half an hour after the sentence
only three men were able to pay
their fines and they were released
without receipts. The remainder
were taken to farm where they
were required to remove their Ar
my clothes, put on the black and
white uniform, chains pla e d
around their ankles and thrown in
with seasoned criminals, many Of
whom were serving life sentences.
GOOD CONDUCT RECORDS
Four of the soldiers were still
on the chain gang when this in
formation was released. The in
formants stated that the service
T6COTu VI Jllc UiCii Id lOllOA dOlC
and with good conduct, one hav-
ing served in combat % months
and participated in 8 great bat
ties, one in which he was wounded
The information said that it
was revealed following the trial
that T(Sgt. Armstrong had said
previously to the rial that three
of the men would go to the chain
gang. Neither he nor the Provost
Marshall Major Fargo, notified
any of vie organizations to which
the men belong about their con-
finement prior to the trial nor
were any of the men permitted
the privilege of contracting anyone
for assistance, it was stated.
The police force o. the city OF
Aiken indicated sympathy, but
the county sheriff5 and military
police seemed to ovGrrule any dis
play. of. fairness.
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MissiSsippians
Continued from page u

Cook, ST., Pascquoia: Pfc Henry
T. Lyons, son Of Mr.. and Mrs. II.
T. Lyons, Philadelphia; Pfc. Ely
lunches, husband of Mrs. Hattie
Mae lunches, Printiss; Pfc. Donald
Hodges, son of Mrs. Emma Hodges
of Russell, Pfc Jack Slayton, son
OF Mr.. and Mrs. To mClayton, La
deal; Pvt. Lamar Stewart, husband
of Mrs. Lucille Ctewart and son OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Stewart, Sal
listown; Cpl. Aubrey Lewis, son OF
Mr.. Harden Lewis, Shaw; Cpl. Tai
mon Haywood, son of Delithia Heg-
wood, Shaw; Pic. Ruffin McLead,
husband of Mrs. Flora G. McLead
and son Of Mr.. and Mrs. Archie
Hall, all OF Virgins; Pfc. Vernon
Hudson, Wave; and Pfc. Eugene E.
Thomas, husband of Mrs. d. l..
Thomas, Yazoo City and son OF
Mrs. hubert c. Thomas. Green
wood.
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Fort Huachuca
CONTINUED From Page ID

mixing of colored aud white units
and despite the announcements
relative tt nurses being trained
in white centers, they still come
here. Though the surgeon gen.
erals Office would like to solve all
of this, the general staff and SER
vice commands will not permit 1t.
An announcement Tuesday by
Col. Hardy indicated that 5000
Mexican laborers are to be quarter
ed at Ft. Huachuca cor three
month period, beginning Oct. l.
An entertainment unit of 40 per-
formers will go to Hotel Theresa,
New York, Nov I. It is understood
that Earl Renfroe is enroute to
the Pershing hotel, Chicago, to
head the dental unit; Col. West
A. Hamilton will command the
Pershing division and that 80
WACs will be assigned to that sta
ton.
Here prominent Negro military
heads are of the opinion that the
National Medical Association stand
ready to oppose any effort to mis-
handle the forts colored medical
officers
LARGEST POST
The largest training post in the
country and used exclusively fol
Negro troops, Huachuca, since
1877, has been an important train
ing center for soldiers, including
those of the Indian wars and ir
World War /.
In 1910 military authorities saw
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Ross has enjoyed almost abso-
lutte freedom from criticism in the
Negro press because of fear that
such criticism might hurt the
FEPC, which has innumerable
ill-wishers in Congressional and
business circles. Internal frictions
and pickering, which are known 70
have existed, and regarded as in
dication that he is not a good
administrator.
Riding on the wave of POPULARITY
which the agency enjoys among
Negroes, and lulled BY the absence
of criticism, Ross has assumed the
stature Of an expert on Negro af-
fairs. He is reported to have reach
ed the assumption that he could
dispense with the advice and coun-
sci of the exceptionally qualified
Negro members of his staff, and
to have disregarded the organiza-
tional chart by taking the director
of field operations, Will Maslow,
also white, into his confidence as
adviser.
The committee is reported to
have been critical of this organiza-
ton recently when it advised Ross
at a previous meeting to abandon
his plan to submit a series of
amendments to the Chavez bill in
the Senate for a Permanent FEPC
while hearings v'-re being held.
The amendments had been work.
ed out by Ross and MasloW with
out any knowledge of them on the
part of other staff members. The
committee told Ross to clear all
amendments and everything else
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concerning a permanent FEPC
through the National Council for
a Permanent FEPC with an Office
in Washington. Botn Ross and
Maslow are reported to have been
lukewarm to the FERC bills pend
ing in Congress, which provide for
enforcement powers in the propos-
ed new agency. They are said to
have favored milder proposal
which some Congressional men,
bers plan to recommend Ross
should be the head. No suggestions
have been made that Ross head
up the commission sought in the
Senate and House bills now pend
ing.
1t is also reported that many of
the committee members were dis
appointed with the showing Ross
made as chairman at the hearings
held in st. Louis and Los Angeles
in August.