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William Allen White

William Allen White used to re-
call the dilemma he faced when he
reached Emporia, Kansas, on a hot
: day in June, 1895, to take over the
Gazette. He had bought the paper
with his savings and a borrowed
$4,000, and as he stood on the sta
tion platform he wondered whether
he should spend his remaining cash
balance, twenty -five-cent piece, on
a carriage or save it for food. He
hired the carriage. A newspaper
editor, he decided, should arrive at
his office with dignity befltting
his position. The matter of food
would take care of itself. It did,
and while in later years the Nation
beat a path to the door of his sane
tum, showering him with worldly
goods, he never forgot, nor permitted
Evening star., 1944-01-30
Challenge Of the TranstigAratiom
By the Req. Henry w. Snyder. D. D.,
Minister OF st. P1ups Lutheran Church.

heaven-inspired hymns: to share
that special fellowship, so far above
this sordid earth! But the scene must
change; and alas, only to rise in the
second act on what we may call:
DEPRESSION. The disciples are
down in the valley now with their
Master. A poor distraught father is
pleading for help for his demoniac
boy. The other disciples had not
been able to do anything for him;
would the Christ not please have
compassion? And this is life, enacted
day after day before our very eyes.
We come from the beautiful idealisna
Of our mountain top experiences to
face the stern realities Of cruel and
suffering world. We see the awful
difference between what life might
be, and what 1t really is; the result is
that we often become depressed, pes
simistic. What is the answer? We
find 1t when the curtain rises for
the third act, called:
EXPRESSION. Christ heard that
cry Of the father, and cured his boy.
While the disciples had been arguing
with one another as to who should
be greatest among them In the king
dom, they were losing the power Of
greatness won through service. They
needed more faith and prayer. The
challenge comes down to us today;
II we would bring a transfgured
Christ to Lift our lives and our fel-
low men. we need to express our own
faith in terms of uplifting service, to
share with others the good things our
Lord has given us. So will the glory
Of our Christ be reflected from us to
give light and Joy and peace to a
x,orld a{ sixa nd corrour
Evening star., 1944-01-30
New Strike Appeals

william Green, president OF the
American Federation Of Labor, and
the executive council Of that or
ganization have employed emphatic
language in calling upon their mem
bers to refrain from any and all
strikes for the duration Of the war.
In resolution adopted Thursday
the executive council declared: Eve
have decided that, no matter what
the character of the grievance, no
matter how feelings have been
stirred, nor what the aggravations
are, there can be no Justification for
strikes or local stoppages." Mr..
Green went further, conceding that
even local stoppages may imperil
the lives" Of the soldiers who are
about to embark on momentous
military operations, and he empha-
sized the need Of avoiding "even for
a single moment" any interruption
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Of work by those engaged in making
essential war materials.
Two days later the executive
council OF the CIO adopted reso-
luton which, while not so sweeping
in character, nevertheless urged
CIO members ito religiously and
meticulously respect their sacred
obligations to their Nation and the
members OF the armed forces by
avoiding any stoppages OF work or
Interruptions of production"
These statements will be welcomed
by the people OF this country. But
they will also want to see how the
rank and file of labor responds to
this appeal from their leaders. The
no-strike pledge was two years old
at the end Of last year. During
those two years the national leaders
appealed time and again for faith
full observance Of the pledge, yet the
record shows more than 5000 strikes
with loss Of more than 100000
man days Of work. No matter how
small this seems when compared to
the vast amount of work that was
done, the fact remains that it is a
record which has injured the coun-
try and injured labor.
But these new appeals come at a
time when the American people have
Just received the shocking news of
the march of death" for the Bataan
prisoners and when they know that
the Army is about to begin its su-
preme effort in Europe. If appeals
to refrain from strikes will ever be
needed, they will be needed now.
Evening star., 1944-01-30

High on the top Of the Andes, on
the border between Chile and Argen-
tina, stands a colossal figure of the
Christ, great statue In bronze to
commemorate a lasting pact OF peace
between those two countries. How
boldly and beautifully 1t must stand
out when the rays of the sun suffuse
1t with light!
High on the peak of Mount Her.
mon one day stood the majestic figure
Of the Christ, as light that never
shone on land or sea-" heavenly In It's.
origin, transfigured Him. How for
tunate were those three disciples Of
the inner circle who were granted
the privilege Of being present! Little
wonder that the spokesman Of the
group wanted to have three taber-
nacles there for their Master and
His celestial visitors.
The TRANSPORTATION, like wonder
full drama, seems to divide itself into
three acts, each with its correspond
ing moral value. We regard the first
as.
IMPRESSION. The disciples were
profoundly impressed with that scene,
as well they might be; and they would
have liked to have remained there
constantly to enjoy its beauty and
glory. That Is human nature; who
Of us has not had the same reaction?
We have attended some uplifting
service, where like Paul Of old we
seem to have been carried up to the
very gates Of Paradise. If only 1t
would go on and on; why must it
stop? What bliss to listen to those
glorious messages spoken by some
x,aodarx, zx.sasAe..a. "a
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What Makes d Motion
hmm the OTTAWA .yourne,

from the GUIANA Journal.
The future role Of Canada in the
world isn't going to be decided by
whether the people who represent us in
foreign capitals are entitled to wear q
sword and cooked hat and get
preferred place at the tables of prece-
dence. That sort of thing, important
though it may be in limited sense,
Is concerned merely with externals,
doesn't touch at all the core of nation.
We could have ambassadors in Ottawa
from Thailand to Timbuctoo, but II our
people at home were unemployed and
impoverished our place in the ranks Of
the nations wouldn't be worth q shuck
to uA
Evening star., 1944-01-30

An American soldier went deep
into German-held territory in Italy
and singlehanded brought back 19
Nazis. This remarkable feat may
possibly inspire the Republican Ma
tional Committee to play for long
shot and send few hardy speech
makers into Mississippi for the COM
ing campaign.
Evening star., 1944-01-30
Liquor Shortage
From the Fort Scott Tribune.

From the Fort Scout Trlbune,
If the liquor shortage question really
deserves the amount Of concern that Is
being expressed over it, then this coun-
try cannot have very serious war wor-
ries. What makes it seem improbable
that the war Is yet to be won is the
proposal made by liquor interests that
some Of the alcohol now being directed
to war use be diverted back to relieve
the domestic liquor shortage. II there
Is one thing that could be given up to
win . war, It would surely be liquor.
Evening star., 1944-01-30

Due to the risk of assassination,
the Nazis are said to be having
trouble finding puppet rulers for
various sanjaks or districts of the
Balkans. So deadly are these posi-
tions that the man who takes such a
Job may well be called sanjakass.
Evening star., 1944-01-30

The Federal Government has Of
fered Lepke, head OF Murder, Inc, to
the State Of New York. The gesture
contains all the generosity of donat-
Ing q live grenade with the pin
pulled.
Evening star., 1944-01-30
ObIiteroting Berlin

The two massive" night raids of
the Royal Air Force bring notably
nearer the completion of the grim
task set by Allied air strategy-that
of wiping Berlin off the map. The
immediate objectives were not so
much the central portion of the
city, which already has been pretty
well demolished, as the outer ring OF
industrial suburbs with their impor-
tant plants of all kinds. These form
an almost continuous belt around
the heart of the city, which is more
commercial than residential In char
acter.
Berlin is big target. The metro
politan area totals 341 square miles,
with a population which at the. be-
ginning of the war numbered nearly
4,5O0,00O. The city contains many
breathing spaces" in the shape of
parks and broad avenues and is well
defended by antiaircraft installa-
tions and squadrons of fighter planes
equipped with deadly rocket guns
and other new devices. These take
their toll, the British acknowledging
the loss of forty-f1ve bombers in
the latest raid. Still, the Germans
are unable to prevent the raiders
from reaching the target area, while
the new blind bombing" technique,
with its pathfinder" force dropping
flares and other scientific aids,
largely nullifles the cloud cover
which formerly handicapped aerial
operations. The, total weight of
bombs dropped. on Berlin is now
well over 10000 long tons and con-
sists in great part of the heaviest
types of "block busters" together
with innumerable incendiary bombs,
to completes by. fire the destruction
wrought by shattering explosions.
Even the official German commu-
niques no longer strive to conceal
the catastrophe consequences Of
those dread visitations and admit
that mass evacuations of the civilian
population are continuously taking
place. Swedish and other neutral
accounts describe vividly the win
ter of DEATH" during which one of
the worlds great metropolitan CEN
ters is being reduced to heap of
uninhabitable ruins.
From every aspect the destruction
of Berlin must have important con-
sequences. This capital and metrop-
oils of a highly centralized nation
is the seat Of bureaucratic govern
ment and the hub of rail and high
way communications. It's multi
tudinous factories of every sort like
wise play weighty role in both the
war effort and the supplying of es-
sential civilian needs. The mere
dispersal OF millions of Berliners to
other parts Of the already over
crowded Reich also must tax griev-
ously the heavily burdened systems
of transportation and distribution.
However, it is probably over
optimistic to count upon Berlins
obliteration as the proverbial last
straw which will break the back of
Germany's will to resist. The ruth
less masters of the Third Reich have
so absolute grip upon the nation
that the sufferings and discomfort
of city dwellers cannot outweigh
army discipline and the relatively
unimpaired morale of the country
folk who are not directly endangered
by the Allied air campaign. Large
parts of the Reich still are virtually
untouched by aerial raids. They,
too, must be hit before paralyzed
industry, disrupted communications
and shattered morale will combine
to produce stresses and strains no
longer endurable.
Evening star., 1944-01-30
ticket in 1877. President Adams appoint
ed him United States circuit Judge.

Presidents George Washington.
Thomas Jefferson, Ulysses Grant, Ben
jamin Harrison, Grover Cleveland, Theo-
dore Roosevelt and King Henry v Of
England, Robert E. Lee, Henry Adams,
Jonathan Edwards, Patrick Henry, j.
Pierpont Morgan and John D. Rocke-
feller descended from common an
cestry, leach showing one Of the many
direct lines leading down from Isabel
de vermandois," who died in 1881. This
Is shown In genealogical tables accepted
by Dr.. David Starr Jordan, biologist and
president Of Leland Stanford University.
Jackson advocate., 1944-10-21
ATT y Thurgood
Marshall Reports
On Mutiny Trial
Finds Men Failed
To Act Because
OF Blast Fears

YERBA BUENNA ISLAND, Calf.
-(SNS)-After listening to three
davs' testimony of the 80 Negro
seaman charged with mutiny for
refusal to load ammunition at the
Mare Island depot, August 8, Spe-
cial NAACP Counsel, Thurgood
Marshall declared. "These men are
being tried for mutiny solely te-
cause of their race or color.
Following an urgent telephone
call from Joseph James, president
of the local NAACP Branch. ask
ing that National Office assistance
be given the defendants immediate
ly. Mr.. Marshall flev' to San
Francisco. where he has been re-
viewing testimony and interview
ing the men. In his report OF pro-
ceedings thus far he charged:
1.-The last of the defendants was
on the stand today and the de-
tense might close its case to NOR
row. The Port Chicago explosion
was on July 18th and many of the
accused ver9- ir Port Chicago at
that time. Many OF them were
hurt. On August 9Th they were
transferred to another Island and
told to fall in for work, meaning
loading ammunition They did not.
Their officers including the Ad-
miral talked to them. Then their
officer asked them the following:
'All of you who are willing to obey
all lawful orders stand fast. All
who are not fall out and give your
names to the officers Some stood
fast and others fell out. Those
who fell out were arrested. There
were 257 altogether but it ends
UP that only SO are charged with
mutiny
NOT CONSIDERED ORDER
1.-The men take the position that
the above statement by the Off
Ger was not considered by. them
to be an order and what they
meant by their actions was that
IIlSy lIOU WdlAb W AOUA pAA1-
munition. They did not mean TO
disobey an order.
"a typical example Of their
testimony is that of Sealden Bor-
denave who is just seventeen. He
had enlisted when he was 16; was
released when they discovered his
age and re-enlisted as soon as
he was II. He had only been
handling ammunition week and
was hatch tender" which meant
that he was the one who directed
the operator of the winch as to
how to lower the ammunition in
to the hole No wonder they
were all afraid to load ammunition
Every man testified that since the
Port Chicago affair they were
afraid to load ammunition. Three
of the accused men handled win
ches, one had ten months expert
Continued on page A.
Jackson advocate., 1944-10-21
Vim. johnson Bethlehem,
Center Drive Reaches
So, 900 Mark Here

upon citizens for donation, those
who are interested need not walt
to be called upon, but should make
their gifts directly to the head
quarters either in cash, or by
pledge. The drive headquarters are
located in the Redmond Building
at 1913 North Parish Street and IS
under the direction of Mrs, G. r,
Chambliss. who will give the pro-
per receipts and answer all ques-
tions pertaining to the drive and
TO the William Johnson Center.
Pointing to the great amount OF
work the Center has been doing
and must continue to do, in all
phases of social work for the under
privileged groups among the Me-
gro people of the city, it was point
ed out that the failure to raise the
amount of money would make 1t
impossible to continue this import
ant and necessary work.
Members of the drive committee
are S. w. Miller, chairman, DR.. S.
D. Redmond, co-chairman, Prof.
B. B. Dansby, treasurer, j. L. Red
dix. E. w. Banks, Rev. A. l. Hol-
land. Rev. A. B. Keeling, Rev. w.
P Whitfield, and Rev. P: E Lott.
Jackson advocate., 1944-10-21
..Alcorn College
Librarian To
Attend Chi Meet

AICORN, Miss. - Mrs. Ruby 4.
Suits LyellS, Alcorn College Libra
rian will attend the meeting OF
librarians of Land-Grant Colleges,
which will also include the seven
colleges associated with the Presl-
dents of Land-Grant Colleges, to be
held October 24-28 in Chicago, Ill.
Attending the conference will be
librarians from State College, in
Orangeburg, S. c., A. and M. Col
lege, Normal, Alabama, State Col
lege, Pine Bluff, Arkansas, Georgia
State College, Industrial College,
Georgia; State College, Institute,
West Virginia; Delaware State Col
lege, Dover; Hampton Institute,
Hampton, Va; Prince Ann College,
Prince Ann, Maryland; Lincoln
University, Jefferson City, Mo-,
Langston University, Oklahoma; A.
and I. State College, y Nashville,
Tenn; Florida A. and M. College,
Tallahassee; Fort Valley Industrial
College. Fort Valley, Ca; Howard
University, Washington, D. c.; Bor-
dentown Manual Training School,
N. j., Wilberforce University, Ohio.
Miss Vivian Harsh, librarian of
the George c. Hall Branch of the
Chicago Public Library will arrange
a book exhibit for the meeting.
DIR F.. D. Patterson, of Tuskegee
Institute and DR.. r. B. Atwood, of
Kentucky State College, are, res
pectively, the president and secre-
tary Of the conference of presidents
of Negro Land-Grant Colleges.
Jackson advocate., 1944-10-21
Teachers From Four Counties Attend
Reading Clinic AT Jackson College

began a demonstration with the
5th and 9th grade pupils from the
same schools mentioned in the first
demonstration. The 4th grade pu-
pills were given lesson on word
study, with emphasis placed on the
correct use of the dictionary. A class
in reading was conducted among
the 5th and 9Th grade pupils with
emphasis on reading to get the
meaning.
After this demonstration, Miss
Keller talked thirty minutes to the
teachers about the importance of
reading and hove to solve reading
problems. She also answered ques-
tons asked by the teachers.
This clinic was sponsored by the
State Department of Education
under the personal supervision Of
DR.. P. H, Easom.
Before the clinic adjourned at
1890 D. M, Mr.. Easom stated in
the closing remarks that he hopes
to bring these same reading ex-
perts.. or others just as good, to
give further help to Negro teachers
every year
Jackson advocate., 1944-10-21

Beginning at 0:45 O'Clock Satur-
day morning, october IA, a Read
ing Clinic was held at Jackson Col
lege in the Chapel of the new Paul
B. Johnson Hall of Social SCIENCE
Over $50 Elementary, High School
and College teachers, coming from
Yalobusha. Harrison, Madison and
Kinds Counties were present.
On arriving each teacher was
given information sheets on read
ing materials and one some expla-
nations of reading problems. After
brief Introductory remarks, Mr.. F.
H. Easom of the State Depart
ment of Education presented Mrs.
Myrtle Banks Quinlan, author OF
the Quinlan Basal Readers, VINO
conducted a demonstration class
with the primary children from
jackson College Laboratory School
and from the Elementary Schools
Of the city.
The first grade pupils were seat
ed at two tables. Through motlVa-
ton Miss Quinlan stimulated these
children's interest in their activity
work. The second and third grace
pupils. seated in a semi-circle, reao
ing materials and on some expla-
from the Quinlan Basal Reader
After an hours demonstration with
these pupils Miss Quinlan explained
some of the problems and methods
of teaching, answered teachers
questions, and gave short ex-
planation on manuscript writing.
Mrs. Genevieve Keller, an autho-
rized expert on teaching reading
Jackson advocate., 1944-10-21
Negro Women
Ask Opening
OF Naval Units
Council Wants
Admission On An
Integrated Plan
By ERNEST Z. JOHNSON

/ WASHINGTON-tANPo- Negro
women are insisting that they be
admitted to the ranks of the
WAVES, SPARS and Women'S Ma
rine corps, and that every effort
be made among themselves to reg
lister and vote in the forthcoming
election irrespective of party.
These wre among some of the
principles and objectives adopted
in the course of the three-day
workshop of the National Council
of Negro women Which closed here
Sunday
I'VE ask immediate admission OF
Negro women on an integrated
basis to every branch of military
service" read the resolution on thu
matter of the armed forces. The
council has been in the armed
forces. The council has been IN the
forefront of organizations pressing
for integration.
Mindful too of the Important
role that the veterans adJninistTa-
ton is playing in the administra-
tion of the CT bill of rights, the
National Council also called for
the immediate appointment" OF
Negroes to that agency. The reso-
luton calls for these appointments
in policy making and adainistra
tive positions
The organization continued its
demand that anti-pol1 tax anc
permanent FEPC legislation be
passed, and that a program OF ed
ucation for citizenship be project
Continued on back page
Jackson advocate., 1944-10-21

A Volunteer OPA Price Panel was
organized here last Thursday night
following a meeting of Negro citi-
zens and members of the office of
Price Administration, held in the
Office of the Security Life Insur-
ance Company.
The group was organized after
statement of the plan and pur-
pose of such group by Mr.. L. j.
Folse, Director of Volunteer Assls-
tance of the Local Office and Mr..
J.. Gregory, assistant to the direc-
tor. Pointing out that the danger
of imitation was still great, and
that price control was the most
important element in the preven-
ton of imitation, the speaker show
ed how many honest merchants
could be helped in keeping their
prices right through the assistance
of the Price Panel Group; while
Jackson advocate., 1944-10-21
Volunteer 0PA Price
Panel Organized Here

those merchants who were trying
to take some advantage OF the sit
uation could be easily kept in line.
Other speakers pointed out that
through the panel and with CO.
operation from the Negro consum-
ing public, many dollars could be
saved to the Negro community
through the proper regulation. OF
prices.
Prof. James H. Gooden, pinclpai
of Mary Jones School was elected
chairman of the groups, its other
members being j. R. Chambllss,
James White, w. H. Williams, Jack
Young, G. A. Hall, Monroe Trevel-
lion, I. S. Sanders, Mrs. G.. Short
er, B. P. Newman, Miss Deborah
Ford, Mrs. Jessie Williams, Willie
E. Miller, Percy Greene and Prof.
Welch of Jackson College,
Jackson advocate., 1944-10-21
CONTRIBUTIONS URGED
BEFORE CLOSE OF DRIVE
NEXT MONDAY
NEW YORK

The drive to raise $4,000 for the
maintenance and support Of Tho
William johnson Bethlehem Cen
ter. being conducted as an indepen-
dent campaign, after the center
was dropped by the Community
Chest, had passed the 100000
mark according to reports at the
drive headquarters here Monday
evening.
According to the report the sum
represented approximately $400 in
cash. with the balance in pledges
The director of the drive quickly
pointed out that the amount in
pledges was as good as cash, the
pledges all being from people who
could be absolutely depended upon
to meet their pledge.
With the drive scheduled to end
on Monday, October 23rd, the
chairman of the committee urged
that all citizens make their con-
tributions before that time. The
chairman stated that while the
Gifts Committee had been calling
Jackson advocate., 1944-10-21
gy SPIKE WASHINGTON

ATLANTA, Ga <SNSl-
Thousands of people from ali
avenues of life paid high tribute
to Bishop Joseph Simeon F'lipper'
senior bishop of the African Meth
odist Episcopal Church, when tu-.
neral services were held for him,
Monday afternoon in the Big
Bethel AME Church where he
pastored In his early years.
In lauding him, his fellow bish-
ops of the AME berch said that
he was a humanitarian, a church
parlimentarian, and truthfuliy
honest man. Those who spoke on
the life and work of Bishop Flip
per, who died early last Tuesday
in his home on Houston Street,
were men of his rank, who sat
with HIM as general church off,
Jackson advocate., 1944-10-21
Prof. Sanders To Head Natl
War Fund Drive Committee

Prof. 1. S. Sanders, principal of
Lanier High School, will head the.
Negro Division of the Local Ma
tional War Funds, it was announc-
ed following a meeting in the Of
flee of the Security Life Insurance
Company, Monday night attended
by a large group of Negro leaders
and members of the War Funds
Committee. Announcement of the
quota of the Negro Division is sche-
duled to be made following another
meeting of the Committee which
was held Wednesday night.
At the Monday night meeting,
Prof. Sanders was elected chairman
Jackson advocate., 1944-10-21

WITH XIV ARMY. C O r P S
SERVICE COMMAND IN THE
SOUTHWEST PACIFIC - Photo
shows Staff Sgt. Selvedge L. White
of 123 Ash street Jackson, Miss,
who is overseas with an Engineer
water supply battalion as the non
com in charge of water publication.
His units purifies and supplies wa
ter to combat troops and support
ing soldiers. In civil life he was
a dining car waiter and has been
overseas for months. He is the
recirient of a combat star repre-.
senting his part in the battle for
Bougainville. Northern Solomons.
-(USA Signal Corps Photo)